Linked by Mike Bouma on Wed 9th Jun 2004 18:35 UTC
Core AmigaOS 4.0 developer Hans-Jörg Frieden has written a status report with regard to the current state of AmigaOS. Various advances have been made since the Developer Pre-release version of AOS4 was completed. Meanwhile AmigaWorld.net has launched a new File Depot portal dedicated to providing and hosting Amiga OS4 files and related resources.
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I agree that was exactly my thought, "What is their business plan?". I mean the desktop market has now three OS's: OSX, Linux and Windows.
I had an Amiga 1200 with Amiga OS 3.0 and I agree that had a small footprint, some nice features and with some small modifications could do whats needed now. However I would first try and find a niche market such as embedded multimedia devices. And then expand bit by bit. And if I was doing the new AmigaOS I would add POSIX support so that you can port the GNU toolset with ease. And use the OS in semiprofessional enverioments.
However if you would present this full list to me: Efficient, small footprint, flexible, customizable, speedy pre-emptive multitasking multimedia OS. BeOS would be the first to mind. As I think it was a lot better then AmigaOS. However AmigaOS is also older. But I like neithers GUI.
I also don't understand the deal with Amiga and its obsession with the powerpc cpu. It much more expensive then a x86 cpu. Just use a viachipset for the lowend. You will not notice any great differences between it and the G3 (which has no altivec). And no the powerpc is not technically better, on paper it maybe is, but in practice it isn't. If you worry about power consumption then use a PIII/Duron which are of the same class as the G4.