| From: | Richard Friend |
| Date: | 9 Apr 2001 at 21:06:52 |
| Subject: | Re: So what are they doing? |
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Cox <doncox@enterprise.net>
To: <amigactive@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 2:49 PM
Subject: [amigactive] Re: And so it begins......
> Let's build it on top of QNX
> Let's build it on top of Linux
> Let's build it on top of Elate
>
Can anyone explain to me in simple words what Amiga are trying to do at the
moment?
I've read these postings and tried to figure it out for myself but the more
I read, the more vague it gets!
Here's how I see it so far:-
1. Amiga wont MAKE anything but they'll be pleased to charge you for making
it for them! (No problem there, Microsoft get away with it!)
2. Amiga will develop software only! (Well, so far only H&P have done that!)
3. The new Amiga O/S will run under Elate! (So why not just buy Elate?)
4. O/S 4 will be a PPC version of the Amiga O/S we already use! (Isn't Morph
O/S already going that way?)
I, like so many others, have sat through so many buyouts of our beloved
system and watched so many heated debates as to what makes an Amiga! O/S or
custom hardware!
Now we are facing neither! There will be no custom hardware and the O/S will
run on top of Elate/Linux/Whatever! Platform independant is one thing but
when you need a host O/S for it to work then all you are achieving is a
different 'theme' to an already existing O/S! (A licensed Amiga theme for
Windows would probably make a fortune!)
Once again the Amiga seems to have no clear direction. There's plenty of
talk and plenty of partnership deals but nothing that you can load into a
computer and USE!
Yep, there's the Amiga SDK but (as I see it) it's an Elate based tool
developer!
Ok so you have to get people to write software before you can release a new
O/S but the question still remains....... exactly what have Amiga done so
far and where do they hope to go?
After all, 'So the world may know!' is all very well and good but I don't
KNOW and I'm damned if I want the rest of the world to know before I do!
Given the choice, I'd form partnerships with Opus and Morph O/S and try to
make an Opus based Amiga that would run on PPC systems using the A1200/
A4000 m/boards for backwards compatability! (Or use emulation) Then work
from there! Keep the faithful happy and hungry, give them more and you'll
get more! In a shrinking market, it makes sense to keep what you've got
(what kept you alive) before you pander to the whims of dubious outsiders!
An Amiga licensed and supported BoXeR, running O/S 3.9.1 (Opus 6) or Morph
O/S (with a PPC plug in board) would seem the obvious 'next step' to me! Am
I stupid?
I aint trying to start a flame war here so don't jam the board with
expletives regarding my ignorance! All I want is a clear direction! Don't we
all?
http://www.amiga.com -Because someone knows, they just aint telling the
rest of us!
Richy.
ICQ 18894975
http://www.aminutz.org.uk
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