Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 27th Jul 2008 22:20 UTC, submitted by paolone
It's not exactly bliss and angels in the Amiga world. AmigaOS 4.0, while done, released, and updated, is hard to come by because you either need a supported classic Amiga, or one of the three Amiga Ones ever sold. With a lawsuit underway nobody really understands, and no interest whatsoever from any hardware vendor, the future looks rather grim. On the MorphOS side the grass isn't exactly a whole lot greener. MorphOS 2.0 has been released, but again, nobody is producing any decent hardware for the operating system to run on. Genesi sells the Efika-based OpenClient, but this device lacks the graphical chipset to power the new 3D features of MorphOS 2.0. In addition, MorphOS 2.0 has a hefty price tag of EUR 150. There is a third option, which has been making steady progress for years now: AROS.
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Your memory is not as bad as you think.
http://www.osnews.com/story/17933/AROS_Gets_a_New_Name
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Not wishing to be associated with the mess that is Amiga and Amiga Inc., the open source project decided to simply change their name to the AROS Research Operating System.
If memory serves the name change corresponds roughly to the time when the guys in charge of Amiga Inc. set off suing anyone and everyone "infringing" on their intellectual property. This included threatening websites that used the name "Amiga" in their title (amiga.org I think).
Does memory serve, or am I grossly mistaken?