Ben Hermans Interview - submit your questions

[Kees]

We're doing an interview with Ben Hermans of Hyperion Entertaintment. Please submit your question and we'll relay them

WARNING : He is nice enough to answer a few questions for us.  DO NOT use this thread to debate, agendize, or try to answer the questions for Mr. Hermans.  Stay on Topic!  If you do not do so, your comment will be deleted or edited as appropriate.

[chris]

I'll start the ball rolling then  :-)

1. With the additional work and delays so far with OS4, how long (approx) will it be between the CSPPC and AmigaOne releases of OS4, or has the additional work required for the AmigaOne release been running concurrently and will result in an almost simultaneous release?

2. There are some items in the OS4 featurelist which are marked as "not yet done", such as NOVA and USB Mass-storage and HID drivers.  What is the current status of these modules and will they make OS4.0?

Chris

[zacman]

Will Hyperion attend Amiwest 2003?

[zudobug]

I have another question about the features:

Has a line been drawn yet on what features are being developed for OS4? What's being left until the next version. Also, when can we see the final feature list?

Ta,

-zudo

Mr Hermans,

I would like to run Amiga OS4 on a Pegasos motherboard, and I am not alone in this need.

Are you going to release a version of AOS4 to run on the Pegasos sometime in the future and therefore increase Hyperions profits by selling to a larger customer base?

There is no technical reason for not doing so, so I really cannot understand why you don't want my money if you won't release AOS4 for the Pegasos boards.

Kind regards and best wishes,
Nicholas Otley
mdma AT aros DOT org

[xisp]

Many people believe (me included) that Amiga Inc.
demise, (forcing AmigaOS4.x rights falling entirely in
your hands), would be a good thing to happen, after all.

Is it convenient? Is it desirable? Would AmigaOS4
release be more difficult without AmigaInc? or not?

[downix]

Alrighty, I have a question:

Other than the trademark, what is there to differentiate your product
(AmigaOS 4.0) from the competitions product (MorphOS 1.3) from the
viewpoint of someone outside of the community?

[takemehomegrandma]

WHEN?  ;-)

[Paul_Gadd]

Are you guys going to include a proper webbrowser with OS4? say like Mozilla?

downix wrote:
Alrighty, I have a question:

Other than the trademark, what is there to differentiate your product
(AmigaOS 4.0) from the competitions product (MorphOS 1.3) from the
viewpoint of someone outside of the community?

Ooooooh............. Good question, I wish i'd thought of it!

[takemehomegrandma]

Ben H, judging from your previous posts, you are clearly aiming for the OEM/STB/Convergence market as main target markets (money-wize) for OS4. That makes a lot of sense; I would instantly have rejected your efforts as meaningless if it haven't been for this. But from a business point of view: Why will you succeed? Tell the people who is thinking about putting development efforts towards your OS platform how their efforts will be rewarded. What future does your OS have, and why (business-wize)? How will you "make the future bright"? Are you solely relying on the brand name "Amiga", or can you give us a hint of your strategies?

[gnarly]

What is being done to support modern Printers and Scanners in AmigaOS 4.x?

[Xand]

How long after the CSPPC and A! release will be the BPPC version?

[sTix]

 :-x  argh!

Paul_Gadd wrote:
Are you guys going to include a proper webbrowser with OS4? say like Mozilla?

[Rodney]

Has a feature list for OS4.2 been developed yet? You have a lot of developers, im guessing that since you are so close to completion, some developers may have no work left with OS4 (they've finished there parts). Are these developers working on OS4.1 or 4.2? Or does everyone still have at least something to do on OS4.0?