Would you purchase AmigaOS if it supported ARM or x86?

[agami]

Hell yeah!!
Those are what I call supportable initiatives. It wouldn't be cheap and it wouldn't happen quickly, but it should be something that is pursued.

This is coming from someone who is the kind of geek that gets off on microprocessor architecture. I love the Power ISA, and I'm a big fan of SPARC and MIPS. But just because I have a soft spot for these things does not mean that the right choice for a viable computing platform is one of these esoteric CPUs. If intel x86 isn't your "cup of tea" then you have ARM; Those are the only choices.

I also get really nerdy about Operating System Architectures. I'm a big fan of BeOS and QNX, but I would still like to see AmigaOS play a more significant role in today's computing market.

[agami]

Am I missing something? There's a killer app only available on AmigaOS that you can't get with a free operating system?

WHY would anybody pay for AmigaDOS as opposed to installing Linux for free? That is the question. Get the answer right, and you might just sell AmigaOS to new users.

3D printing is moving to 32 bit processors. AmigaOS is still (largely) a 32 bit operating system. This does make sense, at least to investigate.

The killer app is yet to be developed, but to answer your other question: Because Linux is a steaming pile of dog %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@! upon which sits a steaming pile of horse %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!.

The only redeeming quality of Linux is that it is free. I use it a lot and have since around 1997, 95% of my servers today are running Linux; Mixture of openSuSE, CentOS, Ubuntu, and I think there's some Fedora somewhere. Yet every time I have to deal with it I recoil at the prospect. Linux is yet another example of how you don't have to be the most elegant or efficient to be the leader. Just like with Microsoft in the '90s; Its a critical mass thing, not an indication that it is any good or a pleasure to use.