Interview with Ben Hermans revealing current status of AOS4

[SlimJim]

@Skyraker
 
Ah. upside down. That was the part I couldn't quite figure
out. Nice touch. The rest is of course pretty standard, when
whanting an imposing avatar - right out of the book, in fact.
;-)
 
 (you don't want to know what I had to do to get a picture of
my avatar).
.
SlimJim

[Lo]

@ mountain

"I really do doubt that.
It doesn't matter what Amiga Inc. or Hyperion do.

The fudders will be here."

Probably because they spent all their money on a big PC already heeheehee...

I hope my OLD 900Mhz Athlon holds on till OS4!

[MarkTime]

Thanks for the link SlimJim, that is *much* improved communication from Hyperion.  I will give credit where credit is due, thats the kind of thing they need to do...

Do you think they will be FUD'd for that...hehe, maybe, but I'll tell ya what, they got FUD'd worse for the silence--this type of communication is an improvement.

But with that said, the lact of 68k emu integration...which was the main feat OS 4.0 needed to accomplish...the fact that hasn't happened is a huge concern.

and its a legitimate concern too. Given enough time, I'm sure hyperion could complete the task someday....hopefully they'll have enough time.

Given what they said about the rights to port AmigaOS to other platforms if Amiga,Inc. goes bankrupt, and what with their codebase organized in a CVS tree, and ready to go....

 :pint:

Here's hoping for a quick bankruptcy!

[teo]

I just read the beta OS4 copy thread a second ago, and from what i see i can assume this.

Apparently Downix, is the FUD master...

According to the few leaks about AOS4...
it's not even in Alpha testing yet, as the complete package has yet to be assembled. Some 68k-based components intended for AOS4 are being beta-tested, but they'll have to be re-tested again once the package is assembled.

Sad really.

hehe, perhaps you should have done a little actual research before letting the foul s#!t fall from your mouth. hehehe, i laugh at thee.

I also see that they are quite confident that it has an impending release...

The best bit from the interview however

If Amiga goes bankrupt, our license is commuted to an exclusive license to develop AmigaOS further, for any platform, not just PPC

Almost makes me want amiga inc to go bust, then we may have the possibility to move the platform to already widely spread hardware (eg: x86/64bit hammer etc etc) and increasing the possible audience hugely. IMO it will never be widely accepted by the wider/public community while its stuck on expensive obsolete hardware.

[Hammer]

Lo wrote:
Probably because they spent all their money on a big PC already heeheehee...

Is that warranted?  

actually 'the name"*(TM)  would be owned by someone else if A.inc went bankrupt and sold its IP... "The Name" (TM)OS4 might not be able to call itself "The Name"(TM)OS4... it certinly wouldnt have exclusive rights to 'TheName"(TM)....that'd shift alot of opinon I bet..

I think its great that hyperion isnt tied to A.inc though... I've always held them in higher respect then A.inc but these companys (all of them it seems) bieng so quiet is bad in my opinon... bieng so quiet that they let rumors and conjecture rule is never good business practice..

[Marky_D_Sahd]

re: the avatar controversy


HA!  You call those things UGLY???

Mine's uglier than both of yours put together, and it only took a few seconds to make.....

The image, I mean.  The face itself I've had to work with for over 40 years.

[spiffydinosaur]

@ Lo
I just can't wait any longer......This 450Mhz K633D just ain't gitten it any more. I have An AOpen Mb with 2.4 Ghz Intel, and 1056 M of ram on the way. I can't wait any longer my hair is turning grey ( or should I say white ) waiting.

This is good news that there is some movement. I just read a brief article on DMN ( digital media net ) about AMD's new 64 bit processor. I wonder if they will port OS4 to that? Would shure make a toaster migration faster wouldn't it?

Just my 2 cents.

[Darth_X]

It doesn't matter what Amiga Inc. or Hyperion do. The fudders will be here.

Glad I'm not a fudder. But I always do have plenty of questions to ask! :-D

[Lo]

I hear ya, Spiffy..I'll race my 900 Athlon/amithlon against your 2.4 P4 winUAE for a big download, heh  *shrug*  But your ALL  right it is Great News..yes!

[Darth_X]

@ Marky_D_Sahd

The image, I mean. The face itself I've had to work with for over 40 years.

Indianna Jone stunt double look? :-D

[Senex]

@teotwin:

 > Apparently Downix, is the FUD master...

Huh? Then you've read a different interview than I have. Regarding the
BH-interview I read, the emulation STILL isn't integrated, and
therefore Downix' comment has been officially confirmed now.

[Darth_X]

I can't even imagine firing up an AmigaOne with OS4 running on that baby.

How it must feel to see workbench boot up in native ppc.

Man, I can daydream about this for ages.
Hope I don't have to though

We ALL want to see this.

We've seen MPEG videos online of MorphOS in action on Pegasos systems. You can download pre-release video from video games in development for consoles.

How about some videos showing AmigaONE's booting up into AmigaOS4 workbench? :-D

[Darth_X]

@teotwin

Almost makes me want amiga inc to go bust, then we may have the possibility to move the platform to already widely spread hardware (eg: x86/64bit hammer etc etc) and increasing the possible audience hugely. IMO it will never be widely accepted by the wider/public community while its stuck on expensive obsolete hardware.

FUD?




By the way, cute avatar. Do the empty boing balls signify anything? :-D

[Darth_X]

@SlimJim

you don't want to know what I had to do to get a picture of my avatar

Is that from DUNE? :-D

[Atheist]

That MPEG, AND a sequel, hehe.

This is GREAT news. The bottom line is, they're low on cash. So, all you coupon buyers, you shortened the amount of time to the AOS4.0 release, instead of getting a T-shirt. Now, for me to send away...

Amiga! "Hello mudder, hello fudder, this is your Amiga from camp...", sings Amy the mascot.