Dave Haynie Interview - submit your questions

[Kees]

For the next interview, we have lined up none other then Dave Haynie.    :-D

So if you have a question for Dave, feel free to submitt it in this thread.

[Floid]

Didja get any onya?

[KennyR]

This will probably start a flame war if it's asked, but it's something we all need to know:

· Do you still feel the same way about MorphOS?

and

· How do you feel about other projects like Amithlon/Umilator and AROS, if you've heard of them?

[Lando]

What do you think about the recent announcements from Merlancia, regarding their new Amigas based on the old MCC designs?

[bloodline]

When did you first become aware/get involved with the Amiga project and what were your first thoughts about it?

What were your favourite aspects of the Amiga hardware (OCS, ECS and AGA... other?)?

What were your favourite aspects of the Amiga operating system (1.x, 2.x and 3.x)?

What was the earilest point you realised that games were going to go heavily into 3D and that the Amiga's chipset was not going to be right for it (basicly when did you want to start work on a chipset geared up for 3D work?)?

Which do you like best AOS4, MorphOS or AROS... ok that was a joke... no seriously... alright I can't ask that one... maybe I can... I'll let Dave decide :-)


-Edit- Oh and cheers for Disksalv2 , since It saved my GCSE cource work :-)

[Hisham]

1. I know you were not involved in management, but perhaps you can shed some light on whether the coup d’estat by Gould & Co. in the early eighties causing Tramiel to move elsewhere was the beginning of C='s downfall and loosing touch with the market?

2. Do you think the desktop/tower computer system market is over and that whatever new thing the next Amiga will be, it shouldn't be a desktop (ala notions of the A1000 in '84), but perhaps something else like a portable "media machine" which brings on a whole new paradigm in computing for the next twenty years (just like the altair did for desktops)?

3. Who would make up your dream hardware/software engineering team for creating a new Amiga?

4. Who would manage the team and market their wizardry?

5. What is your opinion on Linux, technically.

6. What is your opinion on Linux, as a replacement for mainstream OS's (Windows, MacOS)?

Thanks Haynie!  :-D

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Hisham Khalifa
AmigaDiraz, Bahrain

[lempkee]

bloodline: buy the deathbed vigil dvd, then u will a answer to 99% of all your questions.


dave: The merlancia hoax'ters are at it again,
should we belive in em this time or? , i know
you allready answered to this in april/may 2003,
but now we have seen the specs etc , but it doesnt say what OS so i feel its still a hoax.


cheers

[bloodline]

lempkee wrote:
bloodline: buy the deathbed vigil dvd, then u will a answer to 99% of all your questions.
cheers

Well I'm waiting for the PAL DVD!!!!!

Wich is actually a good question, when will the PAL DVD be ready?

[chris]

What, in your opinion, is technically the best graphics card currently available?

What do you see as limitations of current graphics chipsets over AGA (and AAA, Hombre etc) - do Amiga chipsets still have any advantages in this field?

And finally, if you had to engineer a new Amiga today, what would it be like?

Chris

[alx]

Had Commodore survived, do you think that the Amiga would have stayed as custom as it was, or would it have become more like the A1/Pegasos?

[Roj]

What advantages, if any, do you see still remaining in AmigaOS over other platforms today?

Do you still see the Amiga in its many incarnations as a viable computing option?

[xisp]

1)
Please, Give us your own definition of what is an Amiga.
2)
Which company or organization do you think is acting more wisely in todays IT industry?
(wisely means they innovate and make money at
the same time without fu*king people up)
3)
Where have all the flowers gone? ;-)

Thank you even if my questions aren't finally answered.

[dammy]

What is your new company about and when can we find out  more about it's product line?

Dammy

[GadgetMaster]

You are generally well respected in the Amiga community. Do you still enjoy the attention or is the Amiga something you would like to leave as part of your past?

Do you still keep tabs on progress in this small and strange market?

[carls]

1) What do you think of today's consumer graphics hardware, IE the stuff from nVidia and ATI? Would AAA in any way be comparable in 2D performance?
2) Was AAA chunky or planar?