newbee wrote:
If Morphos gets released as a "shrink wrap" product I will ahppily purchase it and install it on my A-One.
Yeah, that's also the way most people think about an OS (at least the people who even know what an OS is and have heard of something else than Windows...

), and it applies to e.g. AmigaOS as well. "Can I buy it and run on my (current|preferred|cheaper|better|whatever) hardware?"
I do not understand why these need to be mutually exclusive options.
Precisely! This "join the rebellion" or "follow the 'official' path" crap must look ridiculous to anyone "on the outside" looking in.