Uh, well, I was thinking more of an open-source effort so that we could get away from this stupid "who's allowed to use the software" bitchfest. Having a proprietary third-party OS (which, emulation aside, isn't even for 68k Amigas) that's a reimplementation of a proprietary first-party OS isn't a step forward so much as a step sideways.
OK, so your point was merely yet another plea for open source, your talk about "clean-room reimplementation" made me miss that...
However, MorphOS is completely free from all Amiga sources, trade marks and other IP BS, and all problems relating to that! It's a complete clean-room reimplementation of Amiga OS 3.1 (with a truckload of new features added to that) so nobody from Amiga Inc (or anyone unknown from the past suddenly appearing with a fresh law suit) can demand a handing over of the sources, a piece of the pie, or power over decision making, hence The MorphOS Team are in a much better position than Hyperion. In fact, I don't envy Hyperion at all, they are in a terrible position. But they made their own bed, and they certainly won't get any sympathies from me.
And frankly, having much better Amiga compatibility, more features, better specs, better performance, and all the big Amiga standards integrated into the OS, than both OS4 and AROS is certainly much more important to me than open sources. But I guess our priorities are different...
MorphOS might be a step sideways (big enough to step out of Amiga Inc's zone of control), but then followed by
a giant leap forward!
