[News] Explanations from Fleecy, part 3 | ANN.lu |
Posted on 01-Apr-2001 13:11 GMT by Christian Kemp | 63 comments View flat View list |
Fleecy writes: AmigaOS4.0 will be launched in the summer, with 4.2 and 4.5 coming out at six month intervals. OS5 will be late next year.
He adds:
People have buried the Amiga more times than squirrels bury acorns, and you know what, it keeps on growing back. Beware the naysayers, for they have their own agendas.
In reply to a quote which says Ralph Schimdt (MorphOS) says there Amiga Inc has a lot of illusions...BPlan won`t run AmigaOS4...it will run MorphOS, he answers:
Amiga Inc has an agreement with bPlan to build an AmigaOne. AmigaOne computers run Amiga Inc software. Whatever else is run on it is nothing to do with us, unless it infringes our copyrights or
IP.
Finally, he says:
I have spent hours a day trying to bring all the Amiga developers together but it seems there is just too much hatred. In the end there can only be one AmigaOS, and one Amiga Inc company moving it forwards. Amiga has retaken control, is working directly with many contractors and looks forwards to all working with us to make a better Amiga in the future..
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Posted by A3K on 01-Apr-2001 22:00 GMT | My take on the situation for what it's worth...
I had a rather lengthy discussion with Ralph in #Amiga about a year ago. Quite frankly he really pi$$ed me off. He came across to me as arrogant and condescending, and made some comments regarding selling that really bothered me. Basically he told me that consumers were pain's in the arse and that he had no patience with them. I am the general manager of a multimillion dollar retail company, and if I know nothing else, I know sales and customer relations. The attitude that Ralph presented to me was that customers are idiots. I commented that sometimes you just have to hold your tongue and tolerate them with a smile and a nod, it order to sell your product; Ralph disagreed.
Appearantly, Ralph will not suffer fools, even to advance his ideas. I personally cannot stand brown nosing, but the reality is that it is necessity in some instances. I don't mean brown nosing higher ups, but rather the fools. Those fools are your customer base, if you understand my point. I have a great deal of respect for Mr. Schmidt's abilities but from a PR stance, if he worked for me he would be off limits to the public. His general attitude has often made my wonder what kind of support I would get from any commercial product of his that I bought. Most people don't like to feel ignorant, and being spoked to in a condescending manner when you ask a question has that effect.
That being said, recent comments from him (other than responses to AmigaOS4.x) carry a lighter tone. I have given thought to trying MorphOS, and he *seems* to genuinely want people to try it. I don't really see it as much of a competition for Amiga OS4.x. While MorphOS is supposed to support bPlan hardware, I think it's main market will be users of P5/DCE accelerators. I think he should give strong consideration to adding Mediator and Promethius users to that list, when their PPC accelerators come to market.
Amiga OS4.x will be more of a true migration path, rather than just replacement OS. As I understand it, the idea is that when OS5.0 is released, they will integrate Amiga DE into the OS, giving it full access to all content including Java apps etc. As an OS with a long term opportunity for success, I think Amiga OS4.x+ will be more successful. It will be nice to once again have 10 second boot time, with no warm resets for patches etc.
Do not underestimate name recognition. Many people are already familiar with the Amiga name, and more will become familiar with it as the handheld market expands. If I am correct, Amiga is positioning themselves for a full bore release of OS5.0 as a next generation, cross platform OS, at about the time their PDA stuff gets a foothold.
As for commentary about the time span required to port the OS et al, and how far behind Amiga is in that regard, don't believe it. If I remember my Amiga history correctly, the Amiga PPC port was almost completed by H&P during the Gateway ownership period, when the plug was pulled. With the assistance of H&P, Picasso96 and Hyperion crews, I think summer release is realistic. If they were starting from scratch I wouldn't believe it.
The last point I want to make is that Amiga users bitch too much.
Everyone bitched about the MCC because it wasn't Amiga.
AmigaDE isn't Amiga...
Well... stop bitching. A custom PPC board (even if it uses AGP and PCI cards) that connects up to an A1200 for access to custom chips and runs an updated PPC port of OS3.x, sure as hell is an Amiga. You get your compatibility (probably can even play Shadow of the Beast) and you get your modern Hardware. You get your OS and you get your support.
Now they need our support.
I wish MorphOS much success (I plan on trying it myself), and I think with the installed base of DCE PPPC users and the soon to be Shark and Promethius PPC users they have a future. I just don't see their future being on new systems. |
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