BigBenAussie wrote:
How many units of OS4 need to be sold to be successful?
If the majority of current Amiga enthusiasts buy it will it be enough?
I would be interested in knowing what numbers of sales would be required to determine if the Amiga One and Amiga OS4 is a success.
Is it successful merely if it makes Eyetech and Hyperion a profit capable of sustaining them? Is anyone capable of doing the math to calculate how much it actually costs to sustain those companies?
Or does success really mean that the Amiga platform has to break out into the general public and be bought by ordinary people?
One wonders if general market acceptance would merely be icing on the cake.
I don't see the current owners (KMOS) making much, if anything, from AOS4.
Why? because most people that are waiting for it are getting it for free with an A1 or a coupon (or both), or the SDK. I almost think that it's going to cost more to send out $50 coupon rebates to the ~1300 people than they'll even collect in sales.
(Although that's Amiga Inc's responsibility, unfortunately)
