That's the thing, now isn't it? Being an AMIGA user by definition means that you've been brainwashed into the "hate everything else, especially Microsoft" mantra.
Windows is also squarely positioned square in the middle level between the geeky user-hating Linux OS and the uber-made-for-idiots Macintosh.
With that second haven't you fallen into the same trap?
If Linux was user-hating it would have no GUI, if the Mac was made-for-idiots there'd be no Unix shell. I'd say they're both trying to do the same thing but from different starting points and have different approaches.
Personally speaking, there are four types of computer literate people, and it seems to be divided by age.
I don't think age has anything much to to do with it. Some people are:
A) Interested in computers and any platform.
B) Interested in computers but limit themselves to Windows / Linux / Mac.
C) The vast majority are conservatives and just don't like change.
A) Is a very small group and are more interested in the technology than the platform itself. I don't think you could say they use any particular platform but even if they do there they are prepared to change it if something better comes along. I guess these are the "early adopters". Some of these used to use AmigaOS but since moved on to OS/2, Linux, *BSD, QNX, BeOS and now OS X.
B) I'd these pople are interested in the technology and are prepared to change but need a damn good reason to do so. I'd put a lot of Linux users in this category.
C) This group get Windows because it's in the shop and it's cheap, some might have an interest in how it works but not so much that they'll consider a different platform. These may be considered as "idiot users" but the reality is they could be brain surgeons, they may simply not be interested in the inner workings of a computer. I'd put most Windows users in here.
Howevere, C also applies to people who just don't want to change and thus also makes up a chunk of alternative computer users - including many Amiga users. If you're still using an Amiga you're probably very resistant to change, there are better platforms around these days but the old miggy just feels comfortable doesn't it?
I said age doesn't have an effect but it does in that you may change from being in one group to another, I think everyone will gradually move towards C. I'm in A and am glad that I can and do switch platforms with relative ease, there's a little bit of C creeping in though.
The Amiga (old or new) never, ever has any chance of becoming more than 10% of the market, because it's striving for the same market as the Macintosh, and Apple's already got an insurmountable head start.
I don't really think Amiga and Mac are in the same market at all, they were years ago with the desktop video stuff but not these days. At the moment I'd say the Amiga is really in the "hobbiest" market, people who just like to play around. You may not be able to do everything you can with Windows but you can do most of it but it doesn't really matter as it's not "Work" and in that sense isn't competing with say, Windows at all. The Amiga companies may like to go after the general consumer market (where Apple is competing) but I don't think there's anything compelling to offer as yet.
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