My first reaction is that someone came upon a decent inheritance but is blowing it big-time. Time will tell how long until the money/enthusiasm runs out and the harsh realities of the PC marketplace kick in. A shame.
Exactly what I think too.
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Relying on an open-source operating system to sell hardware with razor-thin PC margins in a slow economy to a niche Amiga hobbyist market?
They are not going for a niche market, they are trying to "mainstreamizise" it. You and I and Commodore USA all know a company cannot prosper on amiga market that is today alone. Several thousand users at the most. Why is that so hard to understand to some other people is beyond me.
They will be selling Win/Linux powered Commodore PCs/netbooks... and I'm guessing most of their profits will be coming that way. The Amiga business is probably a long term pet project into reviving the brand with some new ideas.
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"With the monumental strides that AROS has recently achieved, we realize the importance of accelerating this progress with funding that will enable this project to rapidly move forward and take it's rightful place at the forefront of desktop operating systems"
I'm quite sure they'll be accelerating progress and moving forward! Towards another scam and embarrassment.
You can't really earn (much) money with a standard PC hardware in a niche market - it's the software and/or the operating system, but, oops, AROS is free... hmmm?!? What now?
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