Amount of MorphOS copies sold

[nicholas]

~1100 users?

Much less than I'd thought there would be. Very disappointing!

[nicholas]

disapiointing? given the amount of active members, poll entries and downloads i would count somewhere about 300 active users for os4, about the same for advanced 68k, not counting unexpanded/gaming crowd. and aros scoring under 100 serious users atm, mos of them devs themselves. i even think mos registration thread exaggerate the actual numbers as many registered might drop it by the time. realistic number should be divided by half at least i think.

Yes, disappointing.

I doubt the numbers will increase, more likely that they will decrease over time.

Disappointing indeed.

[nicholas]

As its been increasing over time I expect it to continue.
Once Powerbook support is introduced, Amiga users looking for a laptop will have that option.
With that and possible Apple G5 support I can only see the user base increasing.

Licenses yes, new users no.

[nicholas]

"i would count somewhere about 300 active users for os4, about the same for advanced 68k, not counting unexpanded/gaming crowd"

 I think you are seriously underestimating the numbers of 68K users, especially if you are counting forum posts/polls. France, germany, scandinavia and spain all have thriving intenet communities. Many of them don't post on english forums.

I'd guesstimate that the number of active 68k users outnumbers OS4, Morphos and AROS users combined.

[nicholas]

I am a relatively new user, having only adopted MOS once Powermac support was introduced. I have several contacts that would like to use MorphOS to develop software under that I am working with to set up hardware. None of these people are former MorphOS licensees.

Simply stated, there are more MorphOS users than there are OS4 users or AROS users. And you yourself know why, its a better product.

However, I too believe there are more 68K users than stated, and there are a lot more former 68K Amiga users, so the potential base to grow from is there (as long as we don't have to count on Franko).

Why so negative Nicholas? I know you've used MorphOS and have stated you'd prefer it over AOS4.
Can't you tell by that graph that the rate of license purchases is up?
Just from that you can infer that there are new users as a stagnant user base would result in a relatively flat graph.

Well, it's like this I guess; when you expect the worst you can never be disappointed.

[nicholas]

I have MOS 2.0. But I am going to wait for last in the line of MOS hardware : The powerbook.
I dont want to throw away money on the mid range hardware\license.  
sorry to see this downgoing spiral

Ditto.

Though I might fork out for a license on my wife's eMac if she decides she likes MorphOS enough.