I don't get it.

[runequester]

At least there's multiple options. I just want to have fun with amiga's.
 
The whole infighting is rather sad though.

[runequester]

I just dont get it how these two companies, Hyperion and Aeon, plan to survive in this depressed worldwide economy, and generate revenue in a segment inside a niche market, with their current business plan.
Are they for real?

I imagine thats why there's also cheaper OS4 systems available, even though nobody seems to realize this.

[runequester]

@Karlos

Good thought. But I dont think it is just camps vs camps thing. Camps are also internally fragmented. If you look at AmigaWorld.net you find out OS4 users are also fighting themselves. It was similar in MorphOS community in old dark ages when MorphOS 2.0 was nowhere seen.

The old Amiga community was never anything else but endless fights. Usually Amiga users defamating other platforms and disillusioned Amigans arguing back. And not only just that but also internal fights especially in late 90s.

Amiga is the fight club :-P

first rule of amiga is don't talk nice about amiga ?

[runequester]

Don't get me wrong, because I like what AROS has accomplished, but AROS suffers from the same issue all open source software does: it gets updated when it gets updated (no schedule and rocking). Which is why I'd like to see a professionally supported AmigaOS derivative. Personally, I don't care if it's AOS4 or MorphOS, but cheap affordable hardware is all that matters anymore, especially if you want to grow your base.
 
Regarding the endianess and emulation issues... that's like me worrying about whether or not my car is slant/straight or V. I don't care. I just want it to get me down the road.

well, open source doesnt mean you cant have dedicated resources behind it. If a company put some weight behind AROS development, it'd do as fine as anything else.
 
Team up with a few small suppliers of PC hardware to produce more ready to go systems like the imica and you have a nice little setup for hobby guys

[runequester]

My only beef with the price, is because I, a Classic, AROS, and MorphOS user, want to be able to have a taste of the pie my self! I dream of a future where all incarnations of Amiga exist, and live long and happy lives, co-existing and as compatible with one another as much as they can be, each living up the the Amiga spirit in it's own way.

I've never been a fan of mass collectivism, One World Order concepts, Consolidation, conglomerations, etc. I prefer creativity, diversity, freedom, and exploration led by the light of wisdom and one's conscious.

The Amiga, to me, reflect this. Sure it was about profit, but it was designed by a team with so many things in their heads, they were vibrant, alive, and doing their own thing for the passion of it. It wasn't it cubical job, it wasn't slaving in the sweat shop, it was fun, and it allowed them to expand themselves through it.

And look at Jay Miner, he spoke often about how technology will be the end of us, and eventually we would be wearing the proverbial number of the beast upon our heads.

Their is so much SOUL in the Amiga legacy, it is not funny, and the community, be they at odds at one another, or chill, is the tightest, most amazing community their is. It's almost like religion, in fact much better than organized religion in my book. I can't recall ever having been screwed over by any of the various Amiga users I used to take road trips to meet, or have done business with, etc. Nor have I met an odder gathering of people than at one of the old Amiga shows. It's a fun crowd.

You sir, speak truth