My my, aren't these results interesting. It should certainly give pause to any Amiga related business out there.
Business decision making is either tactical or strategic, and businesses with the right kind of people behind them know when to use which. Furthermore, they know how to align the tactical with the strategic and find the right balance.
The Morphos team's tactical move to leverage used PPC G4 hardware is hopefully balanced with a strategic move they have yet to share with us. But the tactical move is sound. A roadmap covering the next 3-5 years would see increased take-up.
To assist in tactical decision making businesses often reach out to the consumer to get a "temperature reading". But it doesn't pay to reach out to the consumer when looking at the strategic decisions. As Henry Ford has been quoted "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said ‘a faster horse’".
Economics can't be ignored, if Ford had built a faster horse with 2HP but 4x the price of a 1HP horse, we'd be quoting somebody else.
If I were considering a foray into the Amiga business landscape, I would conduct this very poll and adjust my tactical and strategic plans accordingly. For me, these results show that the Amiga community is interested in a lot more than just "a faster horse".
