AO Interview - Dave Haynie

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Interesting. Dave Haynie was involved in the PIOS project AFAIR, which was practically pissed off by Amiga users. Now he does the same. History repeats itself? Or he has learned something?

I agree with him though - the name is a power not to be underestimated.

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Maybe interesting read, even today:

DH -

The goal with the PIOS One is basically to make an A2000 for the late 90s, which is shipping close to the 10th anniversary of the A2000 (it even says "Haynie/Fisher" on the motherboard). No one today can rightly claim they're building "the next Amiga", that's only possible if you buy the Amiga assets, and even then, it's as much for the market to decide. But this system is designed to do what the A2000 did well. My goal on the 2000 was to build a platform system, something that started out basic, but was easy to add to or expand.

Change a few names here and there... And... Wow! What a pity.

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Since many in the MorphOS camp feel they are part of something revolutionary, Dave's comments won't necessarily be welcomed. For my part, I tend to agree with him.

Can we have a revolution in a small pool somewhere deep within a tiny forest? I doubt that. :-) If it's revolutionary, it's only revolutionary in it's current Amiga environment. Many years of exhaustive investment and work may make it a small revolution in the PPC market. But to have a real revolution today in the aging and dying IT sector, which will sooner or later suffocate in the the marketing hype instead of real innovation... Dunno. It probably requires some divine intervention.

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Bill Buck, if your reading, get that man a free Pegasos on the double. Don't make me send mine to him. Better yet, get him on your team.

The first sensible thought here. Pagestream will have a MorphOS version - a few weeks before at Grasshopper they couldn't care less for MorphOS. Experiencing it can change ppl's mind.

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In my honest opinion, if 5,000 A1's are sold, it will be a miricle. That's 5 thousend not 5 Million.

Seeing the increasing rate with which the old hardware dies on local mailing lists, those who decide to remain have 4 choices: buy a classic again, or an AmigaONE or a Pegasos . Chances are that those purchasing AmigaONEs and Pegasoses may reach more and more as time passes by. This is however, just an opinion.