Man, I can't believe some of you people! What the hell is wrong with you? Hyperion strikes up a partnership with a graphics card driver designer and you've gotta bitch. I think some of you owe the people of Hyperion an apology.
First off, SciTech supports 180 graphics cards. Then you start bitching, 'but it only supports 2D'. Big deal! Most of the old Amiga games ARE 2D, along with MOST of it's software. We don't need hardcore 3D drivers right now, 'cos we don't have ANYTHING that an USE them! Hyperion isn't going to use all 180, but at least they know they can PICK from that the best, say 20 or 30 gfx cards and have those ported for use with the Amiga OS. Then, there are others that whine, 'But I bet there's no 3D drivers on release.' Blah blah. Well, now Rogue and the rest of the other coders have hardware DOCUMENTS on chipsets that were once unavailable, ie NVIDIA! It's quite simple, SciTech ports their drivers, handpicked by Hyperion I'm sure and Hyperion does what it does best, codes for Amiga. Besides, of the current 3D drivers or GAMES, for that matter, for Amiga out, which ones WEREN'T written by Hyperion? Very few.
I think it's a good move. They're the LAST chance you have at an 'official' AmigaOS upgrade since Commodore, yet you all have to find SOMETHING wrong with it. Sure, they've picked up extra work, but look at it. They've just helped make you a BETTER product *AND* picked up however many coders there are at SciTech assigned to the porting of their drivers to help do their job.
Believe me, you will bitch if you find something wrong with OS4. Hyperion knows it. If they say anything, it's taken out of context or picked apart, like vultures on carrion. Yet, they throw out this bit of information and the first thing you do is complain.
'It's gonna take YEARS to develop..'
'Some of these chipsets are 10+ years old...'
'We don't need this many....'
'It's not as good as ECS, OCS, or AGA....'
What the hell is wrong with you???!? Don't you realize that Hyperion actually CARES about you as a community, 'cos they are a part of it and want nothing more than to see Amiga continue and thrive?? They're prepared to pull every ounce of power they can find in the AmigaOS and give it to you in a finished and *FINAL* product. I am a perfectionist when it comes to drawing. I understand them completely. If they 'let you down', you will destroy them.
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I am totally pissed about the coupon thing. I didn't buy one, but it's sh!tty the way you people have been done. Hyperion didn't do that to you. That was Amiga Inc. Let them dabble with their PDA projects. Hyperion is following their original promise. To have a fully cross platformable OS. Sure, right now it's only PPC, but it's coded for two of them and I'm sure it wouldn't take much to have that ported, other than time, coders and resources. Have faith in these people. The people at Hyperion and Eyetch, they WANTED a PPC AmigaOS, so they WORKED for it. They spent time, designing it, implementing it, not to mention their own resources to bring products like the AmigaOne to you. Sure, it's not using up to date hardware, but aren't most of you using 10+ year old amigas anways? I think running most of the stuff I do on an A3000, but on a NEW mobo that's behind the times by, say a couple of years, is alot better.
I guess none of you noticed Hans-Jorg and Thomas take offence to your bitching about how....'ignorant' seems to be the only word I can think of right now.....they and the rest of Hyperion were for trying to build you a better Amiga. I'm suprised they even bother to tell us anything anymore. :-?
I, for one, am sorry on how the community has acted. Rogue, you and the rest of Hyperion have my most humble apology. Good work. If it's been delayed, I'm not suprised. I have always intended to wait until it was in beta release before looking into buying it, but I never questioned the integrity or the lack of commitment you had to this project. Maybe someday soon I'll FINALLY have an Amiga that will be able to run your games. :-D Here's to hoping.
M
