@SpaceDruid

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Its not as if they are posting, "we'd love to but can't afford it", they've stuck solidly to the line, "we see great things ahead with PPC and see no reason to change." I just don't buy it. It sounds like spin to me.

Forgive me for narrowing my focus to just the above.
I've posted before that interests are divergent...not convirgent.
When one posts a statement like the above, I think it holds more meaning when an appropriate source is given.
The mere idea that what OS4team in whole or part, HJF&Thomas, Evert, Ben, etc. have the same goals/desires here is simply ludicrous.
btw, not using the term "ludicrous" to make fun of your post, but to accent mine.
This somewhat goes back to what I posted elsewhere numerous times about management. Amiga Inc. was charged with one duty I know of at the inception of this debacle...the management end. When they failed at this miserably, we ended up with a rather disjointed group of interests and direction. Ergo, sometimes you might read a quote from one person you identify with "Hyperion" in a bit of conflict with another. Remember the disclaimers though? Not speaking FOR Hyperion? Yet another reason why we can see opinions and statements from those we see as authority figures to be in direct conflict with one another.
Just something to think about...

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@SpaceDruid Quote:

While a port to x86 will cost additional money, the potential marketplace is far larger and they stand a far greater chance of recouping their money for both.

You make a convincing argument! Not that Hyperion have to be entirely rational in their decisions (or, for example, they would have tried working with Genesi again, when the A1s were no-longer produced)...

But rather than Amiga Inc & the court case being the reason, it is possible that the global recession may make it VERY difficult to borrow the money required for the x86 port (PPC JIT & all).

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