New Poll: Do you want OS4 on Pegasos

[legion]

Uh hmm.. lets try to go back to the original topic, yes?

"Would you like to see OS4 on the Peg?"

Me?  yes.  Support as much PPC hardware as possible.  Get us away from this x86 dominated market.  I don't care if its cheaper!  Its an old, outdated, "ready-for-the-boneyard" architecture.  Jesus Krispy-Kreme Christ, even Intel knows this.  Can you say PA-RISC?

Anyhow, as much as I hate to see Big Blue reclaim any sort of title (you think MS strong-arms the market?  heh.. IBM *invented* IT strong-arming), you have to admit its a better platform... especially PPC970, which should take RISC back in the right direction.  

The same goes for MorphOS.  Their head is in the right place, but they are trying to beat OS4 to the punch with whip cream on the top (ambient) but crap underneath.  IMO they should have waited util the OS was a bit more stable before a 1.0 release, but... oh well.  Its just my opinion.  Regardless, I hope MorphOS supports as much PPC hardware as they can get their hands on, even BeBox's.  Hopefully, it will bring true competition back to the marketplace.  

Its ironic.  IBM couldn't do it with their OS, but... will they be able to do it with hardware???   :-?

[legion]

gary_c:  Actually, Eyetech is promoting the same thing.  They are trying to sell the A1 board as low power consumption, linux-running server board as an alternative to those x86 blast furnaces.

[dammy]

Poster: Hammer Date: 2003/5/22 20:54:12

IF Pegy camp just obtained a license like Eyetech one wouldn’t even ask this question.

I don’t think Amiga Inc would change their licensing policies. The poll is just a futile exercise.

I agree.  AO4 is vaporware and Genesi needs to focus on OSs that are here and now.

Dammy

[redrumloa]

Zico? LOL what a bad thing to bring up to help a pro A1 arguement:-) Zico required firewire which the Pegasos has built in. The A1 does not. This is just one example.

[takemehomegrandma]

Selling a SDR-based mobo in 2002 was hard, in 2003 it
needs fanatics, and in 2004 it will be a joke.

So what option will Hyperion have to get their OS
on a really modern HW ?

TeronXX ? Forget it, MAI haven't even finished
the Sa-design, how long till the P will be really
ready for mass-production (if ever) ?

Apple ? Yeah, sure nice HW, but also 100% not cooperative.

Peg2 ? Oh no no no, they are evil, evil, evil ....  

I also don't see why anybody should licence OS4 for
an STB or similar, as these costumers either won't
a full package (HW+SW) or full controll over the OS.

That is so true. The question isn't about what Genesi has to do in order to get OS4 running on the Pegasos, the question is what *Hyperion* should do in order to get their OS running on modern hardware (PegasosTwo). The answer is: Port the OS to Pegasos!

[bhoggett]

Here's an interesting arstechnica article which should make educational reading for all those RISC evangelists out there.

[greenboy]

The mere mention of 'zico' makes me laugh all over again! The cocktail napkin spec that pretended to be a real live spec! Just like Pinochio! Oh, and don't forget D'Amiga ; }

Really.

[greenboy]

Hey Legion,

Some like whipped cream on top! And the recent MUI thread kinda says a little bit of how that whipped cream is being improved ;  }

As far as crap underneath, well, actually the MorphOS team has some incredible time put in to make sure that the design itself has a future. The current implementation might be a little rough but it SURE AIN"T CRAP ; }

After AmigaOS4 comes out {the OS whose owner has made hundreds of first impressions regardless of what he says ; } I think that almost everybody will have a more realistic perspective on just how hard this is.