I think it's a feeble idea.
Seriously, it shows a lack of understanding of the real problems and issues that plague the Amiga market today.
PPC boards ARE too expensive. This is not because of the low volume, but because the lack of competition allows their makers to keep the prices high, which gives them bigger profit margins per unit. Higher volume - and I don't believe the current set of motherboards or those planned for the near future will ever be "mass produced" - will not really drop the prices at all. Only savage competition does that, and there's no sign of any on the horizon.
Piracy did contribute to many people leaving the Amiga market, but not in the way everyone thinks. The simple truth is that every popular platform gets piracy. The more popular you are, the more piracy you have to deal with. The Amiga scene was hurt not when piracy was at its highest, but when the market started falling and the number of pirates was still high. Piracy accelerated the downfall, but did not cause it. Poor expensive hardware and the parent company's incompetence did that.
Piracy is here to stay. It will be around no matter what is done to combat it. The only way to deal with piracy is to factor in the effect when you formulate your business plans. The big software companies know this. They use piracy as an excuse to implement all sorts of restrictive or intrusive measures that help them in other areas, but they know that they can't actually defeat the pirates. It's like trying to drain away the ocean.
So, in conclusion, I do happen to think it's a silly, pointless idea with no merit whatsoever. Sorry to be so blunt about it.
