Ben Hermans still staunchly against x86

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Only about "multicore support" in a sense that you could run OS4 on one and Linux on the other core.

And if linux is not your cup of tea?

I guess what they really want to do is to have some "mini OS" similar to WarpUP running on the cores that are not running the OS core itself. With some luck we will have a competing alternative multicore system as well, so we can keep on the tradition of splitting  into more camps

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artificially kept alive by a little community and two heroic companies.

Hm, which companies would that be? Individual Computers and... m3b? Elbox?

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...much because this was the migration path Apple

No, it was alot more about sticking with Motorola - Apple were the jerks that killed the PowerPC when they ruined the marked by preventing MacOS licensing to CHRP machines.

People seem to forget history around here

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What would you recommend they do to increase the user base?

I would recommend doing what the MorphOS developers did - that is, release OS4 for old powerpc macs.

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People keep forgetting that this is an enthusiast's market.

Too bad for OS4 that there arent enough enthusiasts around then.

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Moana had potential, it is a shame it wasn't pursued, but even if it was completed you'd still have some Amigans complaining that it was the end of the road.

Which is exactly what you have today, with the difference being the number of users and copies of OS4 sold.

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@Piru
One could almost suspect that Natami was a project written in C++ then