Did you know that Amiga are working on OS 5?
OS 5 - Amiga
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seems to have vanished from www.amiga.org.
Fantastic. What hope does OS 5 have if OS 4 never made any money? Not that I care anymore =]
OS 4 was released, but from what I read, there was a lot of legal stuff that prevent distributors other then Eye-Tech from distributing it.
A damned shame what they did to the Amiga. If they wheren't going to revive it, they should at least let it die a decent death.
yeh..i agree,
though i would be interested in seeing what this new OS
is capable of..its jst a shame that there is no new modern
amiga system to go with it...
though i would be interested in seeing what this new OS
is capable of..its jst a shame that there is no new modern
amiga system to go with it...
There was a large interview on [url]http://amiga.org[/url] with Bill McEwen regarding the fate of amiga. He talks openly about the past, present and future.
I'd say the direction they took in 2000 was innovative (as was Amiga always), though they (probably) was too small to be taken serious in the marketplace.
It seems that Bill McEwen of Amiga is very passionate in his belief of success. The interview on amiga.org gave insight into somone who possibly is a very good person. For my lack of english knowledge is how i describe it.
I'd say the direction they took in 2000 was innovative (as was Amiga always), though they (probably) was too small to be taken serious in the marketplace.
It seems that Bill McEwen of Amiga is very passionate in his belief of success. The interview on amiga.org gave insight into somone who possibly is a very good person. For my lack of english knowledge is how i describe it.
It seems that Bill McEwen of Amiga is very passionate in his belief of success.
While I'm sure that Bill McEwan has all the faith in the world, I think the last 6 years of catastrophic failures has proven, beyond any reasonable doubt, that faith is not enough for success.This from someone who has often been described as an Amiga Fanatic.
What would be the point of an Amiga computer these days? What could it do that it could hold its own....I can't think of a single thing aside from a bit of extra stability, but then I do seem to remember a fair few guru meditations so maybe not even that.
Hujiklo:
"What would be the point of an Amiga computer these days? What could it do that it could hold its own....I can't think of a single thing aside from a bit of extra stability,"
I personally would really appreciate seeing a PC running Forge and Essence Volumes 1 and 2 - originally by Apex.
I've never found a PC program that stacks up against them at what they do; algorithmic rendering & textures respectively, or at least that's what it says on these original floppies to my left on the desk from which I was copy typing.
Now there's a project that even blitz could take on. I mean it's only 2d and we got bags more horse power than it had to play with way back then.
It'd be interesting to see if it could be done.
It was useful then and would be today. I'd find it very handy indeed, especially if it was spruced up and made a bit more modern in it's GUI. (interface was a bit wobbly on it) The core software functions were absolutely the best though. The output has not yet been even remotely equalled to my knowledge.
"What would be the point of an Amiga computer these days? What could it do that it could hold its own....I can't think of a single thing aside from a bit of extra stability,"
I personally would really appreciate seeing a PC running Forge and Essence Volumes 1 and 2 - originally by Apex.
I've never found a PC program that stacks up against them at what they do; algorithmic rendering & textures respectively, or at least that's what it says on these original floppies to my left on the desk from which I was copy typing.
Now there's a project that even blitz could take on. I mean it's only 2d and we got bags more horse power than it had to play with way back then.
It'd be interesting to see if it could be done.
It was useful then and would be today. I'd find it very handy indeed, especially if it was spruced up and made a bit more modern in it's GUI. (interface was a bit wobbly on it) The core software functions were absolutely the best though. The output has not yet been even remotely equalled to my knowledge.
I meant hardware-wise...as if there really was a nice new shiny Amiga we could go out and buy. Would it really stack up against a modern PC? It seems like the world just isn't going to get another operating system Amiga OS or otherwise to topple windows no matter how great it is unless it has some serious mega-bucks behind it..and that doesn't seem to be going to happen either.
But having said this I'd still love a new Amiga - can't help it.
But having said this I'd still love a new Amiga - can't help it.
I doubt that any future with Amiga OS lies in hardware, but in the OS. There's probably more opportunities in the mobile market; even OS 3.5 would still stand a chance.
The mobile market is saturated with varied OS's already, many of them well
established and having choke holds in that market. Amiga wouldn't even get
a little toe in the door on that one.
-Garrett
established and having choke holds in that market. Amiga wouldn't even get
a little toe in the door on that one.
-Garrett
Well, Amiga hardware is a done deal by now, there's no one on the planet able to make such a design. That sort of genius died along with Mr Miner sadly.
There are one or two hardware platforms that could serve as a home for an Amiga OS of the right calibre though. Trouble is, there is no one with both the skill and the insight to treat it realistically. You have to understand and pay homage to those things which made the Amiga both different and successful, viable even. There's far too many suits in the world these days for that to happen again.
Then again there is always the Aros project, which is incredibly cool for as long as it lasts. Shows no sign of being completed though, regrettably. I doubt it will ever see the light of day in complete form as it's far too closely related to Linux to ever become "finished goods" as such. It's most likely to end up as a tinkerer's playground which is par for the course with that sort of situation. A bit like watching playful kittens "batting" about with a long dead mouse.
A great shame really. Amiga was great, but it's gone now, and will very likely stay gone. I don't think it actually died but was rather more killed off, by others who knew it would leave their business future for dead if allowed to continue, and feared that greatly enough to pull the odd string here and there... even the details of that are a bit of a fading fuzzy memory by now, it was, after all, quite a long time ago.
There are one or two hardware platforms that could serve as a home for an Amiga OS of the right calibre though. Trouble is, there is no one with both the skill and the insight to treat it realistically. You have to understand and pay homage to those things which made the Amiga both different and successful, viable even. There's far too many suits in the world these days for that to happen again.
Then again there is always the Aros project, which is incredibly cool for as long as it lasts. Shows no sign of being completed though, regrettably. I doubt it will ever see the light of day in complete form as it's far too closely related to Linux to ever become "finished goods" as such. It's most likely to end up as a tinkerer's playground which is par for the course with that sort of situation. A bit like watching playful kittens "batting" about with a long dead mouse.
A great shame really. Amiga was great, but it's gone now, and will very likely stay gone. I don't think it actually died but was rather more killed off, by others who knew it would leave their business future for dead if allowed to continue, and feared that greatly enough to pull the odd string here and there... even the details of that are a bit of a fading fuzzy memory by now, it was, after all, quite a long time ago.
They should let it die TBH, the Amiga is never going to make a comeback and be like it was in the old days. Having a snazzy OS calling it Workbench 5 doesnt make it so unless its running on true Amiga hardware which it will never do, it seems to me like a cheap attempt at a cash in on something everyone thinks died ages ago.
2. I want to make sure that it is understood that we at Amiga want OS 4 to ship and to ship on a variety of hardware. We would not have spent the money for the embedded products if we did not think that OS 4 could fit into the long term as well as short term plans of the company and the community. I probably spoke too loosely when I referred to certain things being "in the hands of the lawyers" and so forth. People can (and did) interpret this in a variety of ways, some of which were far away from what I intended (a lot spicier, but wrong). What I meant to get across was that we are in discussions, and that some of these discussions involve our lawyers talking with their lawyers (we are talking about legal documents, after all) -- and we have every reason to believe that everyone will continue to get along just fine. Anyone looking for blood and guts will just have to be disappointed. (It is a very interesting experience having your every word interpreted, re-intepreted, misinterpreted, analyzed, dissected, spun, massaged, clarified, confused, etc., etc. You should try it some time.)
Looks like it will ship
From what I read, they've been working on OS 5 for 2 years. By the time all the legal stuff is sorted with OS 4, they will be shipping OS 5.