To high of prices on new boards

[wawrzon]

You are wrong, Morphos users are in the best of situations: hardware is abundant, it is reasonably inexpensive, and there are more skilled repair shops for them than several times what the 68k and AmigaOne users have together.

in fact i know few addresses where you can dependably send in and repair your genuine amiga hardware. besides i dont see the general shortage of it, you will actually always be able to find whatever you need for close to reasonable prices. and please dont tell me now about the ppc accels, who needs them? on the contrary i have seen a number of people walking away because they couldnt get their os4 hardware repaired and they couldnt afford or justify a replacement. and i dont talk about those leaving silently through the back door.

[wawrzon]

if you look at this site latest threads:
http://www.amigacoding.de/index.php?board=5.0
the proposal is to define neo amiga approach as (as far possible) hardware independant fpga implementation and leave the hardware to the dedicated fpga hardware vendors, currently sockit board is beinng meant as price/performance most justifable platform, no custom low volume hardware can beat.

somewhat linked to that there is appraoch of a single developer trying to provide amiga fpga accelerators at very moderated prices:
http://www.majsta.com/
in intention to ignite a community based project.
i think there are welcome developments.

[wawrzon]

@ElPolloDiabl

I don't agree with the open source option. Open source will work if there are bounties. Linux has paid developers because they can make money doing tech support.

absolutely wrong! for instance aros development is basically continously going on without any bounties. bounties cover particular demands that are not along the path the developers would invest their time in otherwise, but the main development is not funded anyway. this said i dont mind if there was more reward towards the developers, but it would never fullyy reward their contribution. so regular business cannot be the motivation anyway.

@majsta:
thanks for refreshing and at the same time open. motivating and reasonable input.