Well, to sum up somethings a little short and crude here..

Amiga's ceo, Bill M. is so impressed with the work Jamie has put into the avd for amiga os 4.0 so he decides to hire him, thus due to workload/nda Jamie cant work on it...

one way to look at things is that They bought out Jamie in a sence to kill off development of os 4.0,

good for jamie with an good employment, bad for the amiga os 4.0 commuinty?
good in the long run for the amiga scene?

as far as i can tell Jamie seems to be an genuine amiga user,

not saying Jamie is a lapdog or being bought, but the effect of him being hired by amiga inc did indeed make the result of avd being put in a closet.
and especially since he himself and nda's sees working on avd as working for an competioneer. maybe avd wouldnt been worked on if he got an employment else where either

and i sure wish Jamie can take with him some of the things said by alot of people here, good and bad, to alot of people,. or atleast myself i see Amiga inc as a company that doesn't seem to care or even work towards the market the amiga usuers are... to me it seems amiga inc just ended up with a name they want to make something else of then it was, and as alot of amiga users/fans feel let down, when supporters are felt left in the cold supporters can easily become an an very critic force.

summa summarum,. hyperion put out os 4.0. sam440 is out......
amiga inc made a tip calculator and snowman maker not even working on an amiga...

amiga inc have missed out on may market opertunities, they could have been involved in some minimig type development for instace..

i'm glad to hear some one from amiga inc actually speak and answer questions, for amiga inc's sake towards the amiga scene i wish bill would speak up, not more false or premature statesments that later fall out of grace and what ever just never materialise, just come out and speak about something, and for gods sake update that darn homepage its embarrassing...