i think aros is a magic bullet. there are just a few things that are needed at this point: a good hd installer among other things. backwards compatibility is really that much of a problem uae is already ported to aros and most of the apps people would need would run fine. porting software to aros is not too difficult.
i dont think it really matters too much if os4 has more functionality, aros is actively openly being developed. and it is free. open source etc. anyone can develop anything for it and it can run on just about any hardware. none of that can be said about os4.
ok maybe it isnt a magic bullet, it is however the most promising bullet ive seen in a long time. look at all the projects that have been anounced for accelerators pci, usb and stuff, they just propetuate classic hardware. which is a good thing and has kept many witht this platform for a long time. but none of them provided a real future, a real nex'gen possibility. pegasos, boxer, amigaone and a few others tried but didnt get around one unescapable fact. none of us has the capability of producing respectable hardware for a nex'gen machine on par with anything considered modern.
here is the solution: dont. let pc hardware manufacturers sink billions int hardware development and lets use their results
