[News] Interview with Ben Hermans from Hyperion | ANN.lu |
Posted on 07-Nov-2001 20:45 GMT by Christophe Decanini | 194 comments View flat View list |
Christoph Gutjahr interviewed Hyperion about AmigaOS 4.0.
You can read the interview on amiga-news.de in English or in German.
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Interview with Ben Hermans from Hyperion : Comment 158 of 194 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Kay Are Ulvestad on 08-Nov-2001 21:13 GMT | Long rambling below, you have been warned...
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We've seen a lot of these fast-growing discussions lately, haven't we? I'd just
like to say that I think this is a good thing. It is quite interesting to read
different viewpoints, and it is nice to see that so many people still care. There's one
thing I want to say though: Please be polite and respect eachothers viewpoints. After
all we are all basically on the same side, and mostly we want the same things, although
we may disagree on how to get them. It's not nice to call eachother names, pick
apart the things your "opponents" say looking for flaws to make a cheap point, or
just laugh at other people's opinions (notice how I'm not mentioning names here ;-)).
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Ok, I'm in the AmigaOS4.0 PPC camp. This is the path which currently represents what
I want. I respect the people involved, and I trust their intentions. Take Hyperion
for example. Okay, so there is a tendency that some employes tend to call people stupid
in the forums. But how many other companies would do what they do? They are buying
expensive licenses for high-end games, doing an outstanding job porting them, making
no profit whatsoever. Higly likely, they are making a loss, and subsidise their
Amiga development with profits made elsewhere. And now they are managing OS4.0, although
their chances of profit-making are exceptionally slim, at least in the short term. We
are extremely lucky to have a company like that in the community. Think about
that when you criticize them. And what about Amiga Inc? I could be wrong, but I have
the impression that Amiga is now being run by Amigans. We need a mother company. We
need them to act and speak with some authority. We need them to be able to get
financing and generate an income. I believe they have both the intentions and skills
the Amiga needs. And then we have H&P. Without their work on the OS, the prospects
of seing AOS4.0 would be significantly smaller. They made AmigaOS3.5 and 3.9, both
very worthwhile upgrades, if you ask me (and I bought both, so I have the right to
this opinion).
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So to sum it up, I think AmigaOS is in good hands, and I am looking forward to the
next upgrade. When it comes to the PPC...well, I wont repeat what's already been
said many times about the advantages of having a protected hardware platform. But I'll
add that I like the idea of having a platform which is significantly different from
the Wintel machines which currently dominate all areas of the market. Being different
might not really be a bad thing if you want to draw some interest. I think PPC
development seems to be progressing nicely these days. It doesn't look much like
a dead end to me, not for the time being anyway. Now, there was an idea about custom
x86 hardware mentioned here somewhere. I think it is an interesting idea, and it could
indeed combine some of the advantages of the earlier proposed paths (standard x86 and
custom PPC). However, seeing as we already have some PPC applications, and AmigaOS PPC
can probably be done both sooner and easier, I think I'd still go with AOS4.0 PPC.
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Ok, that's how I feel about the current situation and the future. Feel free to flame
me, but do it *politely* please.
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Kay |
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