Dave Haynie (lead engineer of C= Amiga) opinion on Amiga Successors

[T_Bone]

bhoggett wrote:
The Amiga is a drug, This thread is proof positive if it.  :lol:




If you want to read people ranting on ad-infinitum about things they know absolutely nothing about, read an Amiga forum. Nice to see some things never change.

lol!

@thread

If I hear one more "...but the x86 has too much hardware for it, that means we'd have to support it all" comment I'll have to start knocking some heads, screaming doesn't work anymore!  :lol:

THE PPC AMIGAOS DOES NOT SUPPORT ALL PPC HARDWARE EITHER...

THEY PICKED WHAT THEY WANTED AND SUPPORTED A SUBSET. Why, oh why, oh WHY would this be any different than AmigaOS on x86?

[T_Bone]

Nitro wrote:
Why should OS4 be ported to x86?  I think AROS has came along way.  Anyone who feels they must have an AmigaOS on x86 can use it.

So why is anyone using MorphOS or AmigaOS at all? Because Aros isn't there yet.

[T_Bone]

Nitro wrote:
Sony doesn`t seem to want to switch.  They seem to produce tons of PPC machines that sell less than $150.  One word "CELL"  

Sony isn't selling an OS, or a computer. It's a videogame console. CELL is a lousy tool for a desktop OS.

Tools for the job.

[T_Bone]

Nitro wrote:
@ T_Bone
  I use MorphOS because it is backwards compatable with Amiga 68k/WOS.

I'll be getting one as a last resort, if nothing else works out, or I get sick of waiting, whichever comes first... ;-)

[T_Bone]

Nitro wrote:
We closed out the end of the year with our first orders for the Open Server Workstation and our first big (50,000 units)"  That`s alot of MorphOS compatiable computers is it not.

It sure as hell is! Nice Job!

Unless they're running MorphOS and using Amiga applications though, it doesn't affect the Amiga userbase much. Does anyone know what these machines are being used for?

[T_Bone]

A3KOne wrote:

There are many in the Morphos Community that are that way.  IF Amiga Inc would have produced a top notch machine with powerful custom coprocessors and updated the OS to modern standards, many in Camp Morphos would have written pages telling everyone how bad it is.

Many bought pegs and use MOS because A1's were expensive/unavailable. I think many would jump ship and become reds if they could buy AmigaOSx86 for <$200 and throw it on their Asus board.

it would be hard to be a MOS advocate in an era where AmigaOS4 running on modern x86 motherboards kicks it in the teeth. it would be seriously hard.

There are a large number in the Amiga community that do not care about it at all...they are motivated only by their own desires and if something is not in their designs, it is wrong.

We need to gentrify the community of these attitudes. This market has been beaten to within an inch of it's life already.