| From: | Jan-Erik Karlsson |
| Date: | 9 Apr 2001 at 23:01:51 |
| Subject: | Re: So what are they doing? |
Hello, Richard
On 09-Apr-01, you wrote:
RF >
RF >
RF > ----- Original Message -----
RF > From: Don Cox <doncox@enterprise.net>
RF > To: <amigactive@yahoogroups.com>
RF > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 2:49 PM
RF > Subject: [amigactive] Re: And so it begins......
RF >
RF >
RF >> Let's build it on top of QNX
RF >> Let's build it on top of Linux
RF >> Let's build it on top of Elate
RF >>
RF > Can anyone explain to me in simple words what Amiga are trying to do at
RF > the moment?
RF > I've read these postings and tried to figure it out for myself but the
RF > more I read, the more vague it gets! Here's how I see it so far:-
RF > 1.Amiga wont MAKE anything but they'll be pleased to charge you for
RF > making it for them! (No problem there, Microsoft get away with it!)
where did you hear that? from morpOS team? they will surely say that since
they have
to cover their backs (since they from now on is as dead as pOS is -remember
that one-)
RF >2.
RF > Amiga will develop software only! (Well, so far only H&P have done
RF > that!)
well they will develop the OS and probably some blueprinted specs for how
the machine that run's their OS would look like (for instance how much ram
etc. what kind of interfaces etc.) probably because it makes their jobs
alot easier when making the OS (just look at Windows and it's Installation
CD(s))
RF > 3. The new Amiga O/S will run under Elate! (So why not just buy
RF > Elate?)
speeed :-) it's faster the tighter the coupling is between elate and AmigaOS
RF > 4. O/S 4 will be a PPC version of the Amiga O/S we already use!
RF > (Isn't Morph O/S already going that way?)
MorphOS is NOT a PPC version of AmigaOS (it isn't legal so... -remember
Amiga Inc is a US company)
RF > I, like so many others, have sat through so many buyouts of our beloved
RF > system and watched so many heated debates as to what makes an Amiga!
RF > O/S or custom hardware!
RF > Now we are facing neither! There will be no custom hardware and the O/S
RF > will run on top of Elate/Linux/Whatever! Platform independant is one
RF > thing but when you need a host O/S for it to work then all you are
RF > achieving is a different 'theme' to an already existing O/S! (A
RF > licensed Amiga theme for Windows would probably make a fortune!) Once
RF > again the Amiga seems to have no clear direction. There's plenty of
RF > talk and plenty of partnership deals but nothing that you can load into
RF > a computer and USE!
RF > Yep, there's the Amiga SDK but (as I see it) it's an Elate based tool
RF > developer!
RF > Ok so you have to get people to write software before you can release a
RF > new O/S but the question still remains....... exactly what have Amiga
RF > done so far and where do they hope to go? After all, 'So the world may
RF > know!' is all very well and good but I don't KNOW and I'm damned if I
RF > want the rest of the world to know before I do!
RF >
RF > Given the choice, I'd form partnerships with Opus and Morph O/S and try
MorphOS? they are to high and mighty (they actually behave like microsoft)
RF > to make an Opus based Amiga that would run on PPC systems using the
RF > A1200/ A4000 m/boards for backwards compatability! (Or use emulation)
RF > Then work from there! Keep the faithful happy and hungry, give them
RF > more and you'll get more! In a shrinking market, it makes sense to keep
RF > what you've got (what kept you alive) before you pander to the whims of
RF > dubious outsiders! An Amiga licensed and supported BoXeR, running O/S
RF > 3.9.1 (Opus 6) or Morph O/S (with a PPC plug in board) would seem the
RF > obvious 'next step' to me! Am I stupid?
YES!
RF > I aint trying to start a flame war here so don't jam the board with
RF > expletives regarding my ignorance! All I want is a clear direction!
RF > Don't we all?
RF >
RF > http://www.amiga.com -Because someone knows, they just aint telling the
RF > rest of us!
RF >
RF > Richy.
RF > ICQ 18894975
RF > http://www.aminutz.org.uk
RF >
RF >
RF >
RF >
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Jan-Erik Karlsson
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