Amiga OS4 final release now available (for existing Amigaone hardware)

[DavidF215]

Good job, Hyperion. I am suprise as OS4 is finished but also not surprised as your track record is encouraging.

Thoughts regarding other comments:
* Hyperion said they would deliver, and they have delivered. After multiple bankrupt companies, I would say this is worth appreciating more.
* And 'Final Release' doesn't mean that it's all over. I don't think they would do all that work knowing something wasn't in the works already. People said the A1 would never happen either, but it did regardless of what is thought about it technically.
* Hyperion shouldn't waste time porting to another architecture but instead they should help develop new or existing applications for OS4. Partnering with Sony for a PS3 port might help Sony as I hear PS3 isn't easy to program. Aros can handle the port to x86, and use Amiga Forever if you want Amiga on PC. And I'll take AmigaOS over Linux any day.
* If you think porting to x86 would help, then reconsider what happened to BeOS. BeOS was on x86, but Be, Inc couldn't survive.
* I agree that $700 for an A1 is too costly. I'm hoping the next board is more reasonable or a PPC accelerator for my A1200 will surface.
* People buy solutions not necessarily technology. I've thought of a few solutions using it, but need something less expensive than a $700 mobo to make it more reasonable.

[DavidF215]

*cough* Open source *cough*

And don't give me any of this s*** about Amiga OS being a viable commercial venture, those days are long gone.

There is an open source clone of BeOS, but AmigaOS is more promising that it as Kaiku hasn't gained in popularity. Amiga still has more software and is more usable than Haiku/BeOS/Zeta.

There are viable commercial ventures, but not everyone can see them. It definitely won't be a PS3, Xbox 360, PC game challenger for sure, but that doesn't mean there are no other potential markets. Futhermore, the release of OS4 is evidence that it is viable.

[DavidF215]

Earth to David!!! Give me one example of a viable commercial venture, just one.

And exactly how is the release of OS4 evidence that it is viable? Currently the only people who can use it are the A1 owners and there aren't that many of them. Even if they do produce new hardware, how much is it going to cost and who in their right mind would replace all their current infrastucture to use it.

My beef with OS4 is the fact that its limited to obsolete over priced proprietary hardware thats no longer in production, how on earth anyone could even consider this "viable" is beyond me.

The connection was bad.  :-)

Actually, at this time the commercial ventures I have would only work with that new Efika card with MorphOS. An example? A web server running microsoft.com. Ha!  :-D

We're partially eating the same meat. It is old and definitely pricey, but newer stuff is coming. And $299 for an Efika is a decent deal, and might be hard for AmigaOS hardware to beat. Depending on the application, not an extreme amount of processing power is needed. It is currently only viable with existing systems; plus, it's viability is dependent upon the next hardware release.