Do you want the AmigaOne X1000 project to fail?

[commodorejohn]

I don't want it to fail, but I don't expect it to do otherwise and won't be shedding any tears if it does. If the actual retail price is anywhere even approaching the figures they were quoting, I have a hard time seeing how they'll sell enough units to keep things going beyond an initial production run (unless the vast majority of that is markup, in which case I would want them to fail, just out of spite.)

But I'm really not invested one way or the other - PPC hardware and software bores me and I have no interest in OS4, so I'll just keep waiting for NatAmi and praying that it will have a price tag somewhat less than "one semester at a small college."

[commodorejohn]

So we want a 2000 dollar "hobby system" or do we want a system worthy of establishing itself as a new mainstream OS and taking out Windows on the desktop?

Gah, I am so sick of this notion. Why do people think we have to play at this "well, my market share is bigger than your market share" game? Why do some people think their burning need to slay the industry giant is more important than maintaining a unique identity? I'm not really a fan of Hyperion and there's no way in hell I'd pay that kind of money for a system even if I could afford it, but at least they're not going with this "we have to become exactly like the competition in order to best them, nothing else will do" crap. What's wrong with having a less powerful but unique and interesting system in a niche market?