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Re: Its over. Hyperion won!
« on: October 22, 2009, 08:32:33 PM »
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We and AmigaOS are irelevant to the computing world. We are a niche. Which is gwrtting smaller all the time.
 
If it took hyperion 8 years or whatever is was to get from 68k to PPC (Not the bigest of leaps) then how long do you reckon it will take them to do 68k to x86 or ppc to x86 or x64, another ten years.
 
I really don't understand why everyone thinks hyperion are/will be the saviours of AmigaOS, because they are clearly not.

EDIT:  By the way I think MorphOS has the same problems in sticking with expensive old and hard to come by hardware that is dead as a desktop platform


Bah, Amiga was never cheap. And if we really wanted the best we would have an IBM Power6 based Amiga, not Intel/AMD x86 crap. MacMini G4 running AmigaOS/Morphos is not bad for a niche/retro machine. What should Hyperion do is rethink the whole AmigaOS idea, endorse innovate project and ideas,  and provide a platform for retromaniacs, alternative content creators, and open-minded developers that would also "steal" user-base from platforms such as BeOS, RiscOS, and Linux. Hardware is important for a quick start, but it's the software that should lead the way.
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