From the article: Another problem is that going the x86 route
means you suddenly have a lot more competition: Linux, BSD,
Zeta/Haiku, and maybe even SkyOS and Syllable. And last but not least,
it would introduce the concept of piracy to Amiga OS4, depriving
Hyperion of possible sales.
I find both points rediculous. First, OS4 is going to compete against these OSes no matter what.
True and false. Selling an OS product in x86 world is extremely difficult when it is saturated by
good,
efficient and
free OS choices. You get compared to OS'es with better driver and hardware support.
But on the other side if this was the case OS4 (and MOS) should shine on PPC now when the main competitor, Apple, is leaving. And there are people who rather run Linux on their A1/Peg because it has got better applications. And there are users who rather use Windows than OS4/MOS because it has got better applications. So competition is there no matter what.
There is also another problem: we are competing in hardware too. When users are buying new hardware they wish to upgrade, not downgrade.
It's about the features of the OS, not the hardware on which it runs. Apple is x86, now. Oh noes! Teh Mac is squashed by eevil M$?!
It is starting to look like Genesi is the 2nd largest PPC desktop company and when Apple is gone Genesi is maybe the largest. We are winners ;-) ;-) ;-)
