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Originally Posted by Bruce Abbott
Contrast that with disk-based OS's on other platforms. Linux has so many different versions it's a joke. How are users supposed to deal with it? 'Just' compile your applications from source, or even recompile the kernal! (and pray it still works). If AmigaOS is open-sourced then we may soon be the same boat.
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It's already in the same boat, consider all the patches and unofficial updates people need to use to make even plain OS3.1 work on just about any Amiga hardware.
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AmigaOS API's are well defined so what's the point of examining the source code?
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To find out how it treats hardware, for example.
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A lot more 3rd party hardware was produced before 3.1 was leaked. How did they manage it without learning from the source code?
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When CBM was alive, there was CATS and there were developers to consults with, they provided all the help hardware manufacturers needed, including source code if necessary.