POLL: Which word, in your opinion, best describes AMIGA today?

[HenryCase]

EyeAm wrote:
Well, I'm not a heavy user of Amiga.org (just a Beginner, as you can see--forty something posts--not a Cult Member like some--so, I don't have any Kool Aid :lol:), but...

I'm just hoping for what a lot hope for: Amiga OS on x86-64 motherboards (like those from ABIT, MSI, ASUS, and so on). You know, since they decided to be a 'software-only' corporation, that should render them 'hardware-agnostic', so long as their boxed OS sells, right? :-D

Just think of Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7, and where those reside, and replace those OSes with "Amiga OS" (not in name, mind you, but I mean put Amiga OS in those arenas, on the same hardware). THEN, Amiga will be back. Til then, it's DEAD.  :-P

Wait, so your whole justification for your choice is based on x86 compatibility??? That's just retarded. The Amiga community wouldn't grow by that much if OS4 made it to x86, there would probably be more OS4 copies sold within our community, but not much more than that. It's the community that keeps the Amiga alive.

@bloodline
Your girlfriend's friends may not have heard of the Amiga, but that's not exactly conclusive. I'm 24, and I can think of younger people than me that I know who know about the Amiga. That's not conclusive either, but just thought I'd give another perspective on the issue of awareness.

[HenryCase]

bloodline wrote:
No, the Amiga is a dead platform. There is no more development. It is technically static. Individual Computers make hardware that allws us to use the existing platform with modern technologies as the older ones disapear... This is just, for want of a better word, life-support... It is not driving the platform forward.

No more development? OS4, MOS2, AROS, Anubis, Natami, Minimig, OWB, Hollywood, Cinammon Writer, etc... Alright, some of this development could be classed as life-support, but others show progress, however slow, of modernising the Amiga experience. Just to be clear modernising != modern, just because a snail moves slowly doesn't mean it is out of the race! :-P

The C64 is an interesting example of a computer that for most people is thought of as useless for modern needs, yet it still has an active community of people working with it and doing some interesting stuff. Does it matter that others class it as a waste of time? No. I'll be happy when the Amiga community reaches the maturity that the C64 community shows externally at least.

[HenryCase]

the_leander wrote:

HenryCase wrote:
No more development? OS4, MOS2, AROS, Anubis, Natami, Minimig, OWB, Hollywood, Cinammon Writer, etc...

OS4 development continues? Since when? Last I heard AROS was all but dead due to infighting between those wanting a direct 3.1 compatable OS replacement and those wanting to modernise the OS. Minimig is a nice way of continuing to play old games on new hardware - which is what Bloodline was getting at when he described it as life support. NatAmi... Until it ships I will place it in the same drawer as the coldfire accelerator project, the Abox, BoXeR and all the other stuff.

You seem a bit behind the times old bean, and have clearly missed out mentioning certain projects that are more than just life-support.

Work on AROS continues (never stopped in fact), same with OS4 (Evidence of this? The OS4.1 release, the Pegasos2 release, points made by Hyperion on AW.net). Also, in what way does OWB not modernise the Amiga experience (remember, modernising != modern)? Anubis is the most modernising development the Amiga community has seen in years. I could go on.

Like I said before, progress may be slow, but to say it has stopped is inaccurate.

[HenryCase]

the_leander wrote:

amigadave wrote:
@bloodline,

Nothing personal,

You know, whenever I read this in a forum post, I can almost always expect for the rest of the post to be a snipe-fest...

I wasn't disapointed.

It is possible to have a go at what someone says without being overly aggressive towards them. You have to ask yourself whether you would really be that offended if amigadave's comments were directed at you.