[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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Posted by smithy on 07-Nov-2001 22:48 GMT | In reply to Comment 13 (Hans-Joerg Frieden): >That's funny. BeOS went bankrupt. What's the context there?
The failure of Be was given as a reason to not have a version of AmigaOS on the PC. But Be didn't go bankrupt because of BeOS on the PC (that is the context being expressed). In fact, BeOS/x86 increased the sales of BeOS massively, generated revenue and gave them a high street presence.
"Since when is Linux a success? Most companies involved go bankrupt. VA Linux is doing different things now, Loki is insolvent,"
Market dynamics. In every young market with fast growth there are always too many players, when the market starts to mature some players disappear. Just look at the mobile phone market, a similar phenomenon is happening there.
"Corel sold out all Linux stuff."
If I remember correctly that was something to do with Microsoft purchasing a stake in Corel, not because of the state of the Linux market.
"A number of users doesn't mean a number of customers. "
How many people do you know actually download their Linux copies? I don't know anybody that does that. Everybody I know goes to PC World and spends 30-60 UKP on a Linux distribution. It's easier, it's faster, it's less hassle.
>QNX? A success? LOL!
QNX are moving into the desktop market and seem to be doing well from it. But what if they decided to move into the desktop market with custom hardware. Would they be doing a fraction as well?
"Yeah, especially if you bend the truth to your own liking like this."
Which parts have I bent?
>Come on, Amithlon is only out for a few days.
True, bad example....
"Don't give me that crap. UAE? Sure, they are active members of the community... "Where can I find ROMS for Lemmings?" You call that active... Bah!"
....but UAE isn't a bad example. I know loads of people on IRC who use UAE as their main Amiga system. I think the stereotypical emulator user/retro-gamer doesn't fit anymore. |
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