@MarkTime
Amithlon and AmigaOS XL were never really intended to be used a main "new" AmigaOS. With some effort, AmigaOS XL could possibly have been used but what then? AmigaOS x86. No compatibility with PPC accelerators. No compatibility with PPC apps. OS4 is meant as a bridge, not a clean break with the past. Besides, a fully native solution makes more sense to me than dragging stuff though a layer of emulation, however subtle.
A inc didn't pick from a variety of systems. They wanted to make AmigaOS, and found a contractor to do that. Besides, MorphOS has a different agenda (Quark - no DE integration). If A inc had managed to force Genesi to make AmigaOS, two things could have happened. Either A inc makes MorphOS what they want it to be, which the MorphOS people would hate, or Genesi carries on as they would - making MorpOS, not AmigaOS.
If Hyperion had really "felt the pressure" as you say, we could have ended up with a half-baked AmigaOS that no one likes. Sorry, but when you've waited for ages, a year or so doesn't make that much difference.
Don't take this as a flame. I don't mind MorphOS at all - it seems like a good product to me. But it's just not AmigaOS!
