Amiga OS 5 prediction

[dammy]

There is no law that says the community can't create an Amiga compatible new OS based on the open source QNX kernel, is there?

QNX is not open source.  It's shared source so please read their FAQ.

Dammy

[dammy]

The Amiga was a system, not just an OS, and not just fun graphics.

That was 20+ years ago when hardware-OS had to be tight because of the lack of hardware resources for consumer priced devices.  Compare what we have now today to back then, it's a titalwave of devices and for the most part, at unbelievably cheap prices.  Cost what, $1K for A500 unexpanded plus a 1024s monitor?  In a few weeks, I can buy four ASUS mini laptops for $1K who's capabilities will just shame an A500.

I finally got my freedom from hardware, I'm not going back to that plantation ever again.  Hardware will always be a commodity from now on.  It's the OS that counts.

Dammy

[dammy]

And what freedom from hardware? Can you go to your local computer store and buy something other than Intel or AMD? You just traded one plantation for another, that's all.

I tend to buy from NewEgg.com but I could buy elsewhere:

Genesi EFIKA(2) (Mot)
VIA line of mobo/cpus (VIA)
ARM based mobo        (ARM)
Do they still sell Sparcs? (Sun)  
Athlon64              (AMD)
Core 2 Duo             (Intel)

That's enough for my plate. YMMV

Dammy

[dammy]

ARM's are produced by a wide variety of vendors. Infact, ARM itself produces no processors, it just sells the design to other vendors. You want an ARM motherboard, you have a wide variety of options, including making your own.
SPARC's are produced by 9 vendors, but like ARM, SPARC Intetnational does not produce any CPU's itself, and only licenses the technology to other vendors, who produce their own CPU's. While Sun is the most visible vendor, the largest producer of SPARCs is actually Fujitsu followed by the European Space Agency. Unlike ARM, SPARC is available as an open-sourced design as well, with both Geisler and Sun releasing their CPU's under open-source licenses.

You confuse vendors with suppliers. One chip available from multiple suppliers is still one chip. I can't go out and get a Motorola Athlon, can I? But I can take ARM or SPARC to Freescale and have them fabricate one to my specifications. (infact, Freescale produces a large variety of SPARC's and ARM's under contract)

Intel/AMD domination, no thank you.

Downix, you just proved my entire point about alternative hardware OEMs.  Today, hardware is just a commodity, whatever suits your needs.  

Dammy

[dammy]

I see your point, but can you see mine, that we should keep our options open beyond just AMD/Intel?

Sure, that's why I supported AROS being ported to PPC and ARM as well as AMD64.  More arch's that are supported, the better it is for AROS.

Dammy