| From: | Andrew Robson |
| Date: | 2 Apr 2001 at 22:25:01 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga announcements - any questions? |
>Although, I generally welcome the news from St Louis, I cannot help
>but feel that it wasn't significant enough to warrent the tag "earth
>shaking".
I disagree strongly If nothing else it shows that we have some smart cookies
running AMiga right now.
>As I have already said to Fleecy elsewhere, the move to integrate
>OS4.2. PPC with the DE in future, is good for the existing Amiga
>community, but totally hopeless in terms of "recruiting" new users to
>the platform.
The Amiga OS isn't about recruiting more users to the platform. For many
Many Years Windows has been the dominant force in Desktop Software. You
can't compete against Microsoft. A small company such as Amiga would be
foolish to even try, they would go titsup.com before you could say. Windows
SuX0r5.
What Amiga appear to be doing is aiming for the digital appliance market. A
growing market not yet dominated by one company, with potential of a lot of
growth. So for financial and growth prospects its good. Meanwhile as
everyone is getting Amiga Toasters, showers and fishtanks. Amiga are
developing the Already good Amiga OS into a killer OS.
"Now lets see I own an Amiga toaster an Amiga Shower An Amiga FIshtank. they
should all be able to talk to each opther. but my windows box does an awful
job at it. Hey I heard theres a great OS called Amiga OS thats commpatible
with my Digital Appliance. I'll go buy that one."
Amiga aren't magicians, they can't suddenly make the world all better and
get everyone to buy there OS and/or products. Its a long term plan, there
are a lot of variables on the way. but it'll be fun getting there.
And One other comment. Would you like to Mention what they should of
announced to suddenly capture the desktop market?
>Add to that the publicly damaging split with WarpOS, the
>lack of any mention of the AmigaOne on the Bplan website and I feel a
>bit pessamistic about the future of the platform.
>That is to say that, given the current situation, the community may
>split into two camps between AOS4+ and MorphOS. Isn't it small enough
>already.
Blah, Not really pessimism lack of vision. MorphOS is going no where fast.
WarpOS who cares, and besides that I'd be suprised if none of the
aforementioned OS's work is used in the New Amiga v4PPC
>
>I cannot see any day with the current annnouncements where Amiga will
>become a spoken word in the high streets and in rooms across the world
>once more. Let alone being able to purchase stuff in your high street
>shop or local retail park.
As I said before the plan is a long term plan. If it goes to plan i'd say 10
years and Amiga will be a houshold name again.
>
>I also find it difficult to accept that the tie up with sharp is
>official with them. Again there is no mention of it on their website,
>to confirm the tie up.
>
<sarcasm>Yes Amiga do have a history of Making stuff up.</sarcasm>
Really I'm sure sharp would be up in arms by now if it was untrue. Amiga
would be being sued for slander or something. Serious companys in the
serious world don't lie.
>Amiga are going to have to prove that they are more than merely an
>"after thought" to the recent announcements and not as it would seem
>"getting in via the back door" through their relationship with TAO,
>who must be getting fed up with this situation.
Amiga haven't just decided on there current course of action, they've only
just told you about it. They've been beavering away behind the scenes for
quite a while. Just because they don't go round keeping you updated doesn't
mean they aren't doing stuff.
TAO fed up. I doubt it, I think TAO has made an excellent choice. the only
people they'd be getting fed up with is the community considering some of
the stuff that has been said about them.
At the end of the day if Amiga does go belly up, TAO has managed to get
there technology into the hands of thoussands more developers that can code
TAO apps.
>
>What about the AROS project? Sure you claim to be in contact with them
> on a weekly basis, but don't Amiga think it would be great to have an
>AOS clone running on another type of hardware?
Why bother, sure v4 will only be on ppc, but by v5 it'll be hardware
independant. Who needs a clone, tied down to some other hardware. more stuff
to worry about to waste time and resources over. This doesn't mean they
aren't using the Developments in the AROS project or talents to help them
get V4 going.
>
>Having said all that I will purchase the AmigaOne and AOS4.0 if the
>prices are not extortionate.
>
Good on ya, and remeber you can always donate a kidney or a testicle for
cash, if it gets desperate.
>To recap, nothing has really changed, the Amiga OS development
>continues (thank you) but we will remain a minority platform, and
>possibly even smaller thanks to the MorphOS situation.
>
MorphOS is going nowhere. OS's are pretty much becoming obsolete. Amiga's
Plan makes sense and is very clever, It makes economical sense as well as
practical sense.
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