[Gorf]

Originally Posted by Bruce Abbott

No, it isn't.

desktop PC market is globally declining --> "It's dead, Jim!"

Only a few 'System-On-Chip' microcontrollers are capable of running Linux properly

Most micro controllers aren't 8bit anymore.

But this is all irrelevant because I was talking about Amiga operating systems.

where open source is even more important, due to overall less developers and only marginal involvement of businesses.

We don't have a Google or IBM to fund development of Amiga OS, just a tiny group of enthusiasts wasting their time on a dead platform.

So it is crucial that they all start to come together, and join forces in an open project.

AROS has been in development for 23 years and still not even equaling classic Amiga OS, let alone surpassing it.

It surpasses it in terms of supported platforms, memory protection and multiprocessing.

It only took Commodore a few years to develop the original Amiga OS from scratch, so what's taking them so long? The obvious answer is:- no financial incentive.

and what is taking MOS and AOS4 so long? No drivers, only outdated architectures, no multicore ....
Right: there is also no money!
So a closed source approach makes obviously even less sense.

In the 90's many of us spent thousands on Amiga hardware and software because we had to if we wanted it. The situation is still the same today.

People spending thousands on overpriced and totally outdated PPC hardware with lacking driver support ... instead of supporting open software, that runs on modern hardware.
Yes: sadly not much has changed.

We need to support the few people who are willing to put in the effort required to produce commercial quality stuff, and that means not expecting them to give it away for free.

That is why you should support AROS developers by e.g. bounties or direct donations.

(If you find over 2000 people, that are willing to spend 2k to 3k per OS-license, than we can start to talk about "commercial quality stuff" - but even than it is no sustainable business model)