Where's OS4?
It was hinted for Christmas, then we were told "Soon after the New Year," which means to me sometime in January. No? First Quarter 2004? "When It's Done?"
I can't stand it any more! Stop teasing us like this! You'll drive me insane, and then I'll start liking Linux! It's not fair! /holding breath til i turn blue/

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Fleecy said on IRC a few days ago that the master of the pre-release has been created and is being tested...

shouldn't be long now

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OS4 Rocks
X1000 beta tester, Sam440 Flex (733)

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Severin wrote: Fleecy said on IRC a few days ago that the master of the pre-release has been created and is being tested... shouldn't be long now

That's the best news I've heard all day. And this was a few days ago? How long will it take for testing, getting a couple of thousand copies pressed and distributing them?

It might just about make January.

Chris

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Chris_Y wrote: And this was a few days ago?

Yep, that was on the 11th.

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All eyes are definitely on Hyperion for a response now me thinks! PLEASE tell us what's happening!!!

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Radeon 9250, Terratec Aureon 5.1
CDRW, DVDRW, SII0680

OS 4... me wants it... ME WANTS IT..

When its' done!

Everybody is anxious to see it and get it, which is totally understandable, but lets all try to give the developers a break by not assuming it should be here already and pestering them over it too much

Patience, people.

Obligatory Grolsch slogan paraphrase:

AmigaOS4! We only let you use it when its' ready

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Karlos wrote: but lets all try to give the developers a break by not assuming it should be here already and pestering them over it too much

Well, there's a downside to that. If no one made any noise about wanting it, that couldn't possibly be considered as even remotely encouraging to the developers, now could it?

Imagine only ever getting to hear the beatchin' from the nay-sayers, "you can't do this", "you're idiots", "you smell" etcetera, without ever getting to hear/read the ever so uplifting "give it to me now I demand!" "I want it yesterday for **** sake", "what's taking you so long?!" and the similar lovebombing (along with the occasional "we believe in you" and "you're doing a great job", of course)..

Well, I'll just succumb to group pressure and give in to the rant (again, sigh): I want it!

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it was also hinted for:

Christmas 2002
Spring 2003
June 2003
Christmas 2003..

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Severin wrote: Fleecy said on IRC a few days ago that the master of the pre-release has been created and is being tested... shouldn't be long now

Excuse me if I take that with a cartful of salt.

On the other hand, if it IS true, I'll actually get to start coding. Binutils for classic Amiga seems utterly and completely broken as of not long ago. 3 hours of hard work, no working cross compiler yet. This worked out of the box just a few years ago. So I cannot but hope it is so

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This weeks pet peeve:
Using "voltage" instead of "potential", which leads to inventing new words like "amperage" instead of "current" (I, measured in A) or possible "charge" (amperehours, Ah or Coulomb, C). Sometimes I don't even know what people mean.

@Mjohnson

I agree that the 'right kind of impatience' is certianly encouraging. It shows you are eager and supportive.

OTOH, people dredging up 'it was promised for such and such, then again later, then...' (when of course it has never had a proper release date given), whilst a perfectly natural statement of dissapointment doesn't help anybody - it doesn't make the person feel any happier and doesn't encourage the developers either, IMHO.

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Karlos wrote: whilst a perfectly natural statement of dissapointment doesn't help anybody - it doesn't make the person feel any happier and doesn't encourage the developers either, IMHO.

True. Though, that's why there are filters!
Match any of the following:
Sender contains - moron
OR
Subject contains - promised release date?!?!?!?!?!


I don't think it'd be all that impossible to distinguish the actual supporters from the prove-me-wrongs, and also from the usual bickerers, and just ignore the latter. Even though I guess the actual supporters probably could balance on the edge of annoyance at times.

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Let them perfect the code as much as possible, so that there are no problems. Remember this will be the code base to future releases, they can't change some design choices without compatibility problems in the future.

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José

Patience, you waited this long for A1 a bit longer on os4 isn't asking much more

Quote:

"you smell"

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Ralf wrote: Quote: "you smell"

While I must admit to never having seen that actual phrase used against someone, with all the personal slandering going on in some parts of the "community" I fear that this might be a direction we're headed. (And on some occasions, one might argue that this line has been crossed already)

Surely I'm not the only one who's noticed the fact that in some cases, this is the level of maturity some discussions tend to stoop down to?

Though, fortunately, it seems that we don't really get that problem here at aw.

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I think that the 9-10 year AmigaOS+Hardware interval has managed to TOUGHEN-UP the Diehard Amiga Owners!

Most of us (in that category) have grown thicker-skin . . . . we've been through a Computer-User Boot-Camp (or Basic & Advanced military Training)!!

The STRONGER stick with it! Learn suitable responses to criticism!

The WEAKER turn to PCs, become Flamers - Trolls - or "OnLine-Insane"!

~~ But along with that toughening-up, we probally reject Political-Correctness, and have a firm resolve to stand-by our point of view!
IF, We have the strength, determination, fortitude (etc) to stick-up for the Amiga against frequent calls (from unbelievers and Turncoat-Amigans) to "Let IT DIE!" . . . .
Then we also deserve a measure of respect, and the right to hold our OWN opinions EVEN, if those opinions should differ from Amiga Public Spokespersons, and Forum Moderators!

~ ~ ~ For, as DieHard Amiga Users, for Boing's Sake . . we're earned that right!
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
-PS- To the worthies who labour to bring the AmigaOS4 to fruitition- "We have patience! We're rather have it late & RIGHT, than Right-Now but Flawed."

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A2000HD (from 1991) 060 64Mb PicassoII with OS3.5 . . . still working.

It's MORE than halfway to February!! AARRRGH!

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