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Originally Posted by pmc
I'd be interested in a new type of Amiga and the newer Amiga OS and I hope it succeeds.
You *must* have useable and supported software to make it succeed though.
Not much point in making a new machine just to run an OS and not much point loading an OS just to stare at the screen.
Problem is it's catch 22:
Who'll use an OS with very little, or worse, no decent software?
Answer: not very many people
Who'll make software for an OS almost no-one uses?
Answer: not very many people, especially not those who run software companies and want to make money.
Still, don't want to be a downer so I'll be keeping my fingers crossed this succeeds...
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With the way OS4 as it stands it could be aimed solely at people who run Netbooks... so it'll be pretty much a tye of Linux distribution that you have to pay for and which is rarely updated and probably lacks functionality when surfing websites which are in constant development.
This seriously sucks
I think the whole thing needs rethinking in terms of how the software works and which hardware to target it to.
The quote I quoted above are from 2002. We are now in 2010. OS 5 is not in sight. OS4 has been upgraded to 4.1.
I can see OS 4.1 being the nail in the coffin as updates are like a stream bang in the middle of a desert. I feel kind of sad
At least we have WinUAE which can utilise x86 hardware and boot using a Linux distro or use within Windows et al. I guess it kinda defeats OS4 altogether?