Motorollin's "Future of the Amiga" thread

[TheMagicM]

who the hell is going to buy a x86 machine from Amiga inc just to get it bundled with Amiga Forever?  I certainly will not.  It will probably be overpriced junk, similiar to their previous offers.  I'm not going to contribute my money to a company thats lied and produced vapourware for the previous x years since acquiring the "amiga" name.  

To be honest, I want Amiga Inc to die and go away along with their owners.  They've done nothing to help over the years.  I do admit, I love reading Fleecy/Mcewenen (or whoever the PR/talking head is nowadays) Q/A sessions because it gives me something to laugh at when the deadline isnt met. (just like redrumola's auction of a PR pamphlet showing what goals werent met.)

Friedens, I hope they move on to greener pastures with a good motherboard that way OS4 doesnt die.

-Alex

[TheMagicM]

ic ic...

but the point is.. what would that offer to someone who can just buy Amiga Forever themselves and install it.  Its simple to do.. it wouldnt be worth the extra couple hundred dollars just to buy a PC from AI.

[TheMagicM]

I meant installing Amiga Forever is simple.  Anyone who knows how to click "Setup" and click on Next Next etc can do it.  If not they'll ask Cloanto or whichever internet forum.

It would be cheaper to buy a Dell PC then order Amiga Forever from Cloanto than it would be to get it as a package from AI.  

[TheMagicM]

--EDIT
I should add that this is particularly true of AmigaOS which is not well known. I doubt most people running a kiosk in B&Q would know how to install Workbench, find, download and install Hollywood etc etc.

Your heart is in the right place but....  Thats just the thing..nobody is going to care to install a *emulator package* to run a presentation in a public area.

Microsoft has you beat to the punch.  Hell.. LINUX has you beat.

People nowadays are brainwashed with Microsoft.  Thats all they know.  Getting people to turn away is a tough battle.  Linux is going at it but in the business world...hittin the server side and its working.  There are more Linux apache servers then Windows IIS servers.

The only way to make it work is to try it out yourself and maybe you'll have something *you* can market.  I did that.  I setup a few webservers..Windows shops.. but I setup a linux server..they freaked out but were open to the suggestion.. been happy ever since.

-Alex

[TheMagicM]

Let's assume for a moment that Amiga Inc does not exist.

If you have, say Amiga OS4, have it so it works on x86 platforms, then you can do 2 things.

1. Offer the OS with or without a bundle of programs for a reasonable price.

2. Get with a company such as Acer that produces reasonably priced desktops and off the AmigaOS with or without bundle.

This could be done with AROS as well in my book. It would allow for ease of getting people to learn and see and keep the x86 hardware they have. Marketing of course would be a key.

Then you need to have companies developing software for OS4..now that the OS and hardware is out we'll need software. So how to convince big companies to develop something for your operating system?  I dont think it will happen.   Linux kicks AOS4/MOS butt and they are just starting to get mainstream apps but most is from the community.  People porting software to Linux..  thats the way it will be for OS4/MOS for quite some time.

[TheMagicM]

It could happen... I think OS4 or MOS should be released to the public.. open sourced.  Take the approach Sun did with Solaris and Linus did w/Linux.  You'll end up getting more developers (assuming the interest is there) which will in turn enable you to get fresh ideas/get more work done.

[TheMagicM]

They wouldn't know it was an emulator. As far as they are concerned the OS runs natively. At the end of the day, the customer doesn't car how the software runs, as long as it provides the services they are paying for.

Dont base your company ideas on a lie, that was the mistake AI made (lies, plural actually).  They will know because they will ask.  

If someone wants a multimedia box sittin out at the mall then they will ask, what if I want to run/display this certain file..and the Amiga OS doesnt play it.  "Isnt that Windows", "it works on my PC at home".

[TheMagicM]

I dunno.. I dont use my amiga for video playback or anything of that nature.