It was a nice departure last week, to write about not so serious matters, in order to make fun of everything and everyone (including myself). Today, however, it's back to more serious matters (if you can call computer matters 'serious', of course): Amiga OS4. Or how it will fail utterly if Hyperion/Amiga Inc. don't get their heads out of the sand. Note: Sunday Eve Column.
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Member since:2006-01-02
Amiga OS has the problem that Amiga Inc has no money and no interest and Eyetech just has no money. Eyetech on its own wouldn't be such a big problem, ACK and Trokia plus any other company that comes along with a new design or even a Peg2 based design would be able to pick up the ball and after a short(ish) delay we would have new hardware but with the licensing requirements from Amiga Inc. no-one can create new hardware. Someone needs to buy Amiga Inc and/or Eyetech and still have the money left over to make new hardware but who is there left, certainly no-one that's currently in the Amiga market.
Member since:2005-06-29
AmigaOS has a problem called Amiga INC. It's a shame that after all those years we're still (well, not all there's few people who run OS, as Thom says -- three people and a cow ;-) in a same place.
In the mean time systems like SkyOS, Zeta, Haiku are moving forward.
Troika is just a hot air for me. I'd love to be proven wrong on this.
My ultimate dream is OS4 on Efika that will bring cash to Hyperion, but we'd have to wait for Amiga INC corpse to rot.
Member since:2006-03-24
Our solicitor has told us that we can not comment on the deal with Hyperion due to legal proceedings, but i can say we tried and failed, due to this we now are leaving the Amiga scene.
Thank you for supporting us all for many years.
PS - The last orders we received last week will be sent out before our closure.
Alan Redhouse
Edited 2006-03-26 21:32
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2005-06-29
Thom, nice writeup. I was just about to do something similar (ie. summing last 5 years for the audience that does not follow happenings).
I would say that AmigaOS has a problem. Thier users still thinks that they can take over the world. OTOH they are surprised that people on C=64 scene can produce an TCP-enabled OS and a CSS-enabled browser.
It's becasue C64 users are ejoying the hobby instead of looking for enemies (like Genesi, but I shouldn't go there, as I'm currently working with them).
Guys, drop the world domination plan, in the world dominated with solutions so powerful and flexible you actually can't hit the OS-scene like that.