Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 25th Jan 2007 12:40 UTC
Genesi has 'announced' it is going to release AmigaOS4 for their EFIKA motherboard as soon as the next release of MorphOS is released. "We have clearly indicated in this thread, we don't need Hyperion's support to port OS4 to the EFIKA - legally or technically." True to the Amiga scene of the last few years, a discussion spanning 300 posts ensued. My take: I actually advocated 'porting' AmigaOS4 to Genesi hardware last year, but I do hope it all happens within the boundaries of the law and that the developers get what they deserve. Update: The latest post asks an interesting question.
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2006-03-22
Not really; AmigaOS 4 exists, and, unlike AROS, is binary compatible with old software. (AROS may be binary compatible with old software on 68k Amigas/68k Amigas with PowerPC boards, but it probably isn't compatible on PowerPC hardware or x86.)
. But after reading that forum i really doubt it will ever happen.
From my point of view Amiga OS4 is as good as not existing - no hardware available, and when it was available it was crazy expensive. Looks like many different groups keep fighting over it, so even if there will be hardware in a reasonable price it will be very risky to buy it and Amiga OS4 - i just can't be sure if/when company will go bancrupt again.
AROS progress is slow, but keeps going on. I know it will not die because of management or something, people will port it to many hardware platforms so hardware will never be a problem. What's more i already tried it on my PC, so it already is much more than Amiga OS4 ever was for me.
If people from Amiga OS world would finally stop fighting and tried to port OS to cheaper and popular hardware... maybe then Amiga would be popular again (like it was in Amiga500-1200 times here
Which is sad because i really would like to have it (or at elast try it).
Edited 2007-01-25 15:00