Windows is not a terrible operating system, it hasn't been since Windows 2000. I have 3 Amiga computers 2 Macintoshes and 2 PCs. The idea that Windows has problems is unrealistic.. The fastest Amiga out there is an emulated one running WinUAE..
The reality of the truth here is my Windows XP box hasn't crashed or blue screened in two years..
As far as machines go I routinely use different operating systems every day. I really think the Amiga would get further if it's users didn't attempt to slam Windows all the time and focus on what makes the Amiga cool, which used to be it's cool graphics and now it's just it's unique operating system concepts. The amount of mainstream software for Amiga has shrank and over 80% of the people doing development for it have moved to the PC and Mac.
As far as the Mac goes, OS X is based on something called OpenDarwin (a flavor of BSD unix) with a new interface over it that looks nothing like the original Mac OS. Emulation of Mac applications on it seems to work thru a layer (similar to the way old NextSTEP computers could emulate old Mac 68k apps) nothing really new there (just run a copy of the OS).
I would also make the point that more people in the USA know that MorphOS exists than they do Amiga Inc even in this short amount of time.. At least the genesi people are "MARKETING"..
Most people in the USA are suprised to know that Amiga.COM exists still and the video folks who were using the Amiga (it's only nitche market) will only return if the toaster moved to it, which it probably won't.
Let's be realistic here and say things about the Amiga on it's own merit. Europe hasn't forgot about the Amiga but the USA has, and even Amiga Inc has to re-educate folks about what it is..
When the Amiga was in it's hey day there was little PC software development for Windows or Mac that were "must have" software. People have learned that computers are tools for getting work done and aren't religious about them anymore.
The Amiga is getting a re-start but the applications just aren't on par to make someone choose it over a PC or a Mac yet (maybe in a few years) and what was there left the platform with Commodore.
ImageFX, PageStream, and the two or three other programs just don't compete anymore and the hardware on the PC and Mac is plentiful, affordable, and available and doesn't compete anymore.
People's expectations are higher, and I think with the next versions of MacOS and Windows in two years you will see an even greater disparity of functionality. The Amiga is very lightweight and cool, but then again so was BeOS and it worked on PPCs and Macs and Intel PCs and was very Amiga-like..
Why didn't it gain marketshare? The unix people love linux, and the Mac and PC folks don't want to have to learn something and are very loyal cause they like the software that's there and it's functionality.
There is always a backlash against a dominant computing platform, but that's not gonna make the Amiga win out..
Good cool stable easy to use software (not games) is gonna do it, and unique stuff to the Amiga (though no one here so far has talked about just what that is yet). The Amiga certainly doesn't have cutting edge graphics any more it's just equal and loosing ground there if you look at 3D hardware from Nvidia and ATI..
What is Genesi marketing too? It's unique qualities.. Amiga Inc. needs to do the same thing but unfortunately now AmigaOS has a competitor in it's own community which is split and too small..
Why does Amiga Inc show in Europe and the UK and not in the USA it's stuff.. We here already know that answer.. The Amiga is still supportable just not in the US.. So much for the "world market".. The Amiga platform support here died here with Commodore and hasn't really come back..
It comes from a company that doesn't even maintain offices with regular business hours. The Amiga was the cool hardware, the OS was redesigned 3x to catch up and the move ahead of it's competition of the day..
Who here is really betting on Amiga Inc.'s success with OS 4?? Maybe they will get it out the door someday and I wish them success, but so far I don't see Amiga Inc. (an American company) doing what it needs to survive and be successful in it's own country..
So please no more pipe dreams about the Amiga's superiority. It needs a solid company behind it It also needs applications that draw people to it. Where have they all gone..
