No more MorphOS for Pegasos? :-(

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@KennyR

Well, you say that Genesi have nothing to do with MorphOS outside of the Pegasos. I read a post on MorphZone which led me to believe the same thing, but on OS News bbrv says:

"MorphOS is still very much owned by Genesi/bplan. Ralph Schmidt is still very much a part of the Company and Ralph *is* MorphOS. You do not see him complaining. He is busy on development and not message boards."

On MorphZone the story is slightly different - some pieces are owned by Genesi while others like MUI are not. But it seems like MorphOS can't exist without Genesi, which is very sad.

I'll be interested to see what happens to this code - whether there's anything that AROS could use and whether the programmers would want that. I'll also be interested in whether OS 4 ever appears on Pegasos. Supporting 'innocent' users vs. getting involved with Genesi is a tough one to manage - you couldn't blame them for going either way.

Chris

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@TheMagicM

If MOS development really has stalled I suppose Hyperion could develop an unsupported/semi-supported OS 4 port as a gift (albeit not a free one) to Pegasos owners. But would even an unsupported AmigaOS cause people to buy Pegasos over AmigaOne?

I think Genesi said they had considered a Mac port of OS 4, but obviously it's difficult to see that happening now.

With a Mac port - Linux being an exception - you do run up against what Be Inc ran up against, which is being made to feel "unwelcome" by Apple and denied any kind of documentation. That was enough for Be, although I felt at the time they gave in too easily... Again, it's for an armchair pundit to say that.