Open source for amiga?

[dammy]

by Brutus on 2003/12/27 20:16:44

I wondered, is amiga software open source, like Linux? Fx OS 4

No, but AROS is. =)

Dammy

[dammy]

by mikeymike on 2003/12/28 10:36:45

unless all opensource developers everywhere for some random reason decided that OS4 was the "next big thing".

Which of course would lead to OS4 being ported to, gasp, x86.

Dammy
AROS, no schedule and rock'n.

[dammy]

by KennyR on 2003/12/28 10:25:25

* Open sourcing never saved anything. Linux survives because of its geek factor, not because it's open source.

Quite wrong actually.  Linux is surviving because it's open source, it would died a long time ago if it wasn't.  Corps are now seeing Linux and open source applications as their new way of cutting IT cost.  See this article on why M$ had a flat quarter.  

Dammy

[dammy]

by KennyR on 2003/12/28 13:39:50

Then how do you explain the deaths or lack of use of many other open source OS's, including many of the DOS and Unix clones?

Just because an OS is open source does not make it an OS that *should* survive.  Open Source does enhance the survivalibility of a given OS.  But if it's a poorly thought out OS without talented coders driving it forward, it's DOA. This is the reason why I'm betting on AROS.  Developement maybe a bumpy road at times, but the product is pretty damn nice and the coders know their stuff.

Dammy