[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 Ben Hermans/Hyperion on 08-Nov-2001 11:11 GMT | In reply to Comment 54 (wouter): >Ha Ben, are you belgian?
I certainly am.
>As an amiga owner since 1986, i'm more than happy to meet you in Leuven and >discuss your "anti x86" attitude :)
You're welcome to do so. Contact me via e-mail if you want.
Maybe I can turn it into a seminar.
>x86 architecture for reasons we have outlined before and which have to do with >Windows smothering all competition"
x86 is about hardware. So who cares if it's intel, amd, motorola? Fast and cheap. It's the OS that counts.
I agree. I have nothing against the (unelegant, powerhungry but fast and cheap) x86 architecture.
The only problem is that x86 means Windows and Windows stiffles competition.
Theoretically, an x86 box which cannot run Windows would do the trick but unfortunately that would be a custom product making the whole affaire "expensive" again.
>As a user, i want to be able to buy the best hardware at the cheapest prices. I >think we all spend enough on ridiculous overpriced outdated hardware allready >in the last years, don't you?
Again, I agree. Products like the AmigaOne will allow you to use standard PCI/AGP/USB etc. hardware.
A solution to provide cheap PPC systems is imminent but I can't comment further.
>Amiga will run on cyberstorm ppc boards. Wasn't it hyperion themselves who said >that a clean break was necessary. Modern hardware, not going backwards?
You need an installed base. These people payed a lot of money for their hardware which in terms of performance is roughly equivalent to a K6-2 @400 to 466 Mhz, depending on the model you have.
There is no reason to leave these people in the cold provided no design compromises need to be made.
>Amiga on x86 is THE only way for survival.
It certainly isn't. Cheap hardware is the way for survival regardless of the make of CPU and as long as it isn't a machine capable of running Windows.
Hell, even that isn't true. Apple is doing fine and their hardware is quite expensive really. |
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