AmigaUpdate, Objectivity Lost.

[vortexau]

amigaguy gave, as his opinion:

. . . but if you want to sell more then a few thousand copies of your OS then you need to look at targeting the 100s of millions of computers out there and there(sic) all x86

I fail to conprehend your argument here - these users are quite 'happy' with their Winblows, and are unlikely to even realize that there are alternative options!

. . .People seem to think AmigaOS couldn't compete in the x86 market?

Different market - a highly GENERIC one!

WTF?? If you can't get people to buy AmigaOS for say $99 bucks to run on their current computer then HOW IN THE HELL do you think you can get them to pay $99 for Amiga OS and $1000 + for a 'special' computer to run it on?

Blame Napster ... and you TOTALLY ignor the LARGE problem of having to support ALL the differnt (sometimes incompatible) expansions and options which is SO VARIED that even Linux can't do it!

People might fork out $99 to buy AmigaOS or MorphOS, but no one other than a few old and a few thousand of the current Amiga die hards are going to buy a "Special" computer to run it on. No Chance!

Going by your reasoning, Macs and MacOS-X MUST not even exist!?!
Wait! It (System + OS) does ... you're shot down!
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[DanDude]

@Bradd Webb
[color=CC6600]HUH???[/color][/b] :-o

What the hell are you doing???  Are you on drugs???

[DanDude]

Pixie wrote:

If by any chance MOS makes AmigaOS colapse, I'd say F*ck MOS...

Hear hear!! 8-)

[DanDude]

@TheMagicM

Haven't I seen you before on IRC?

[DanDude]

Amigaguy said:

If MorphOS or AmigaOS are ever really going to prosper then they need to go x86.

 :-o
DUDE!  x86 IS LIKE A MICROWAVE OVEN!!!  You DON'T want to play with an unreliable set you cook eggs with!

Seriously--I used x86 pc's of today and they crash more than my Amiga!!  I'm DEAD serious!

[DanDude]

GadgetMaster stated:

As for beating Microsoft....A very distant dream at this stage i'm afraid.

*AHEM*
http://amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44675

[DanDude]

Amiga: Dead

MorphOS: Alive

Brad: Bitter

Give it a rest already. A market with no products is not a market. Also how the hell can you blame Genesi for Amiga Inc's incompetance?

...oh if only Genesi weren't around...then I could pretend AmigaOS 4 isn't late...

Dude, you're jumping to conclusions.  Here, let me help you.

*grabs 1983 IBM PC...
*WHACK* :-o

[downix]

A term comes to mind, that includes the words:
Nose Face Spite

[dammy]

Poster: DanDude Date: 2003/8/14 2:19:05

Amigaguy said:
Quote:
If MorphOS or AmigaOS are ever really going to prosper then they need to go x86.


DUDE! x86 IS LIKE A MICROWAVE OVEN!!! You DON'T want to play with an unreliable set you cook eggs with!

You better take a good look at those 970s before you go on about power/heat of x86.  Want a conventional oven made of CPUs, go make them with Power4s.  

Seriously--I used x86 pc's of today and they crash more than my Amiga!! I'm DEAD serious!

Use a better OS then.  I typically have systems up for more then 90 days and would have better up time if power failures didn't drain the UPSs before power is restored.  There are very few reasons for a x86 to be rebooted, one is power failure, second is hardware upgrade, third is rebooting into a different OS, and the last is for kernel upgrades.  

Dammy

[DanDude]

Poster: dammy Date: 2003/8/14 11:43:39

You better take a good look at those 970s before you go on about power/heat of x86. Want a conventional oven made of CPUs, go make them with Power4s

So, you're saying they're in the same boat for heat stress??  I rather not buy a pc with an updated 1983 IBM pc architecture, and besides, I laugh at those who get a tower with antifreeze coolant just to cool their new CPUs.  HA!  THAT tells ya something!  I'll shop for another manufacturer that sells PowerPC CPUs with less heat if I must.

Use a better OS then.

Oh, absolutely I will!!   :-D