Re: Why not AmigaOS4 for x86 Platforms?
You know, just a few years ago I would have argued against going X86. Those arguements
may have been somewhat valid back in years past. Now with the conditions of the computer market in 2005, none of those arguements hold any water IMHO.
How many Teron based AmigaOnes can possibly sell in the next 2 years, with the current sticker price? Maybe 100 per year total worldwide? Ok I'll even go as far to say this.. Let's imagine we are smoking the funny green stuff that Ricky Williams is smoking. Let's imagine Eyetech moves 1000 motherboards a year for the next 2 years worldwide. What is the end result? Well besides Eyetech making a killing, everyone else pretty much suffers. Hyperion sells 2000 OEM copies of OS4, hardly enough money to justify their talents. 3rd party software developers? They certainly won't come back to a market with a software base in the very low thousands.
I am firmly in the X86 crowd now, move on AROS! Hopefully Hyperion will consider Athlon64 in the future.
