codenetfx wrote:
I may be "preaching to the choir" but I am still trying to figure out why Amiga OS is stuck in 68k world (and PPC world) when Linux (for example) has little trouble attracting people to further develop the platform. Had it not been for UAE (and WinUAE in particular), Amiga would be in an even worse shape.
It's hard to imagine the Amiga being in worse shape than it is now. A userbase that numbers in the high hundreds (maybe). Zero up to date applications. And I mean really and truly up to date. Holes in the OS big enough to throw a toxic building site in PA through.
But I digress: The Amiga OS is stuck in 68k world because of one legal issue after another. That and it died as a commercially viable platform in the early 1990's, thanks to C='s bankruptcy. All the good intentions and sincere wishing in the world won't make software companies - Electronic Arts, Microsoft, hell even AOL - stick around once the body corporate dies.
There's two ways forward: forget this nonsense. There's no "future" for the Amiga beyond fond memories and fun tinkering. Two: cut all ties with the remaining userbase - both ppc and 68k - and forge ahead with something completely different, running on x86, and only "Amiga" in that it has the name.
AInc in their typically half-assed way attempted number two and failed miserably. A slew of PoP motherboard manufacturers and they sided with the one that ... well, words fail me. Rather like A1's fail users.
