"Could Amiga find a special (non-vintage) niche that is not being filled well by Win/Mac/Linux PCs? Or is there *nothing* at all that hasn't already pretty-much reached full maturity? I haven't come up with anything."
It obviously fills one or another need right now since many people still use
the platform for whatever reasons.
I still find the OS an enjoyable option to other established brands.
The only niche I could find would be the size of the applications, ie, low
memory footprints with alot of power.
...and some of the apps that people still use in graphical appliances.
The peecee never got a really good equiv. of deluxe-paint (untill now?).
Icon-editing on the peecee wouldn't be comparable if an old Amiga-app like
Iconian was ressurected and got a 24-bit gfx overhaul.
Many images I've done for different job-related, in the mediadept., is proof
that some Amigaapps still can hold it's own.
Resizing an image in photoshop or paintshop didn't come anywhere near
the results I got from photogenics, where the colours were kept, and the
pixelsizes didn't increase.
Me thinks it's allready in, filling a niche.
New hardware and the cooperation of major softwaredevelopers could
make for a really brighter future.
...just my thoughts and experiences...
