@Rogue:
I agree on the "only one chance for a first impression" thingie.
For me, MOS lost a LOT of cred by showing machines with software they KNEW was going to crash the system. Sure, most (if not all) of the silly crashes (as opposed to normal crashes when referencing null pointers etc) are now fixed, but it's WAY too late because the first impression was one of constant crashing.
I therefore salute Hyperion for not showing much until it's working. We did try to show some elements in September at the AmigaOne fall event, but the criticism about that only being modules running on m68k is understandable (and frustrating when you happen to know that C compiles into both m68k and ppc from the same source (at least for user level programs, which is what we're talking about that case))
However, I've made it pretty clear that I won't be coming back to Gothenburg until I can show OS4 running on an AmigaOne.
Unless I build a server farm with G3 cards in 1U rack units with serial IO, GBE and RAID, that is... I had a visit on the stand from someone who works with server farms, and I can tell you his face lit up when I showed him U-Boot and how simple it is to get it to use serial console :-)
Btw, we're more or less planning a release party for OS4, any chance we can invite you and Thomas to Gothenburg for a bunch of beer once OS4 is out? I'm thinking maybe a small showing with a bunch of machines followed by one hell of a party :-)
Maybe split it into partying for CSPPC version, showing both versions once A1 version is out and another party for an eventual later BPPC release as well. Can't miss an opportunity to party, I say :-P
Doesn't have to be much of a fair, the less organizing for Kjell and the others the better. But at least _something_ would be cool. Ok?
