benJamin wrote:
The only reason Hyperion have lasted this long is because they do know how to run a business.
If your goalpost is nothing more than "lasting", knowing how to run a business isn't necessary, just register your trademark and go to sleep for a decade.
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3) Profit!
And their 'staff' haven't deserted them, so they're obviously being treated somewhat satisfactorially.
No they haven't deserted, but some are pissed, and while not deserting, have released publically the license they hate, that has prevented anyone save a few from using their work.
I doubt they are getting what you can make at Burgerking part-time though. They only sold ~1000 units, and even at $100 a pop, how many employees can you feed for a decade on that?
From memory, the only reason they were able to get as far as they did in the first place is because they run from a business point of view, not a developer's one.
I don't think they can be attributed to either model. Both a business and a developer would have made sure they were not put into a situation where they had product they couldn't sell. If it wern't for the license scheme, OS4 could be sold today, on existing hardware.
I think of the way Hyperion/Amiga Inc/Eyetech did things more as a "good ole boy" network in some small backwater southern town, where the head of the school board sells his personal property to the school district, and the bus fleet has to use gas from the school board presidents sons gas station.
(Oh my, sounds like LILLINGTON NC, mercy me!)
And finally, how many non-laptop portable computers run on x86 architecture?
How many non-laptop portable computers does AOS4 run on?
Who cares if the PPC has lost in the desktop/server market?
Nobody, as most people who do care are IN the desktop market. Obviously those with no need for PPC won't care about it's demise.
This is not the sector of the industry consumerism is tending toward.
Correct. the consumers are buying Laptops. :lol:
