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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RE[3]: Comment by Mike Bouma
by bloodline on Tue 29th Jul 2008 19:01
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Bloodline,
Thank you. You have a good head on your shoulders.
Thank you. You have a good head on your shoulders.
I have a very sore head on my shoulders, I drank far too much last night, thus I was more irritable today than perhaps I should have been. I don't regret what I say to Bouma, but I would not normally be so direct.
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Bloodline,
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Thank you. You have a good head on your shoulders.
Mike,
It's Open Source. What part of that don't you understand? This is meant as an Open Source re-implementation of the OS. You just don't get what I said, which is that it is an ALTERNATIVE to the existing operating environments out there that has not progressed as much as the others. It also happens to run UAE and OS 3.x just fine, thank you very much
People can run what they wish. The board ships with AROS and Linux. So what if it doesn't run OS4? People can buy what they wish, and run what they wish on it. Just because AROS is less complete than OS 3.x (which if you read my first post, you'd see that is EXACTLY what I am saying) doesn't mean it is any less valid.
Actually, I said that having an Open Source version of the OS is a benefit to all because it encourages the behavior that made your beloved OS so enamored by the programmers out there for years, which is to modify the OS as you wish.
Your slamming of AROS for not being as useful, in that light, is an insult against AROS and the developers that work on it.
Unlike the Hyperion, MorphOS, and AROS teams, you support your favorite OS via message board trolling and slamming anything that is not AmigaOS.
This is something new and different, and a watershed moment for AROS, and you have to come out from under your bridge to piss all over it. Additionally, you attempt to come out and bring up matters that are not your business.
In other words, nothing's changed.