One unified OS for the future?

[Thorham]

Where the NGs fit into I fail to understand.

Simple, NG users want to run AOS4 and/or MorphOS.

[Thorham]

Ok, and why that? I.e. you are explaining the answer with the question. In particular, I want to understand the motivation why people buy into that.

There's only one motivation for hobbies: People like it. Why do they like it? Because they just do. It's the emotional part of being human. There's no sense in asking why, it just is.

Why do I like peanut butter? Because it tastes good? Well, yes, but why do I think it tastes good? I don't know!

Same with old cars. Someone buys a bucket of rust for 3000 bucks, and then starts fixing it up, spending another 3000 bucks in the process and a lot of time. Why? Because they enjoy doing that. Why do they enjoy doing that? They just do.

Don't try to explain or understand the emotional part of being human, there's just no point.

[Thorham]

I do not really see the sense of NG.

It's because some people just like NG. That's all there's to it. Nothing to understand, it's just the way it is. That's what hobbies are about. People do what they like doing, and they use what they like using. Why? Because they just do. There's no use in trying to make sense of it. The same can be asked about classic. Why do I like my A1200? Because it's cool. Why do I think it's cool? I don't know, I just do.

[Thorham]

it is not a matter of like or dislike.

Oh, but it is. If I like something, and I can afford it, I get it. If I don't like something, and I don't need it, then I don't get it. If people want NG and they can afford it, then they buy it. It's a hobby after all. No other justifications needed.

[Thorham]

Perhaps one day, while writing a long document or doing your taxes, your MP3 player crashes and takes everything else with it.
Memory protection does make a huge difference.

Yes, memory protection is very nice, especially when programming. However, you still have to save your work regularly under different names (perhaps a name with an increasing number, such as file1, file2, file3 etc), because the program itself can crash, taking your work with it. In fact, I easily save at least once every five minutes so that I can only ever loose five minutes of work.