It got me thinking - what if the unthinkable happens? What if the AOS4 project folds AND the MorphOS/Pegasos project folds in 2003? What next?
Unfortunately the "unthinkable" is not that unlikely. However, what if they both go kaput? Well, I think it's the end of the road. How could it ever go any furhter. AROS is little more then port of the existing AmigaOS to the x86 platform. Although I really like this idea AmigaOS needs to advance as well and it's also unlikely that any company (or individual) would want to stake a financial future on something like AROS.
WinUAE is great for nostalgia but that's about it. Same goes for Amithlon. I like WinUAE and use it more often then I use my A4000 but if you wanna talk about the future of the platform then really all our hopes lie with AmigaOS4 (although some think MorphOS has a chance too). If those two ventures fail then there's really no future for this platform.
I believe that if the community is at least five thousand strong and invests into the next generation Amiga, the platform should survive at least another year or two, but the only way to stay alive is to grow the market share and that's the tricky part.
- Mike
