1) It's not an Amiga (edit : it won't run AmigaOS, and probably not even morphos)
If it's a good product then frankly I couldn't give less of a toss.
2) It's Bill Buck,
You're entitled to your opinion of Bill and his operation like anyone else. I for one have no issue with him. He's controversial, I'll even admit he's said and done some stupid stuff, but frankly all I care about is what the company produces and their last 2 hardware products (PegII and EFIKA) have both been great.
3) Who cares?
A lot of people, many of whom are or used to be part of the Amiga community, but we want to actually *do* something rather than sit around bickering, hurling abuse and rotten eggs, and waiting for something that's never going to happen.
Because of Genesi and EFIKA I've done some fun stuff over the past 6 months and learnt stuff I'd never have bothered to have learned about Linux otherwise. That's exactly the spirit that the Amiga had all those years ago - computing should be fun and interesting - not just some shallow consumer experience like Mac or Windows (and that's from someone who regularly uses both). The platform is different, and the OS is different but the spirit and the principals remain the same. Computing because it's fun, not because I need to.
We're doing constructive stuff and having fun. We're not paying 600 quid for an obsolete piece of hardware and an OS that's not finished (I don't care how final it claims to be) and not even legally licensed any more (allegedly), or waiting for hell to freeze over and Bill McEwan to skate to work.
I have Classic Amigas because they are fun and I enjoy the nostalgia. Good luck finding either in any new so-called Amiga with OS 4, or 5 or whatever other BS McEwan comes out with this week. because I really struggled to find anything meaningful in OS4/A1, and so have other dedicated Amiga people I know.
The future of 'Amiga' is in the hands of a bunch of robbing IP whores who like making themselves look good, and a software company who's lack of morals challenge that of most of history's military dictators. I'll be the first to be surprised and amazed when something good *does* happen, but I'd get used to the blank radar - you'll be staring at it for a looooong time...
