But when Amiga has FireFox (later this year) and OpenOffice (q2 2011), multi-core support etc etc... it will become more than just a machine for running games and emulator stuff.
That's commendable, but still way behind the curve and way behind being usable for anything other than basic needs. All that you can do on a 200-300 euro Atom machine. And thanks to clusterUK, + AROS
As to AROS, I have been told they are going for SMP and memory protection with a few things more.
Plus there are companies still writing and selling software for Amiga OS. I'm sure others can provide examples if needed.
Again, I have no problem with the new Commodore PC. If they market this as 'complete with Amiga Emulator', perhaps licence/bundle Amiga Forever then great! However, the box itself is *not* an Amiga if it can only run the old OS3.x under emulation or AROS.
Common sense says 'Amiga' should stay associated with the current Amiga hardware/OS which is capable of running Amiga applications. A PC from Commodore should simply be labelled as just that; The Commodore PC. This wouldn't mislead buyers and it wouldn't have a damaging effect on the real Amiga OS and hardware. All camps would be happy.
Now all we'll have is people bitching on both sides, negative comments posted to review sites, bitchy blog posts, probably damaging all parties involved.
I hope Commodore USA develop some common sense and don't damage what is already a fragile market to simply cash in on the branding. Most non-Amigans will be more familiar with the brand Commodore anyway - 'Amiga' is of little relevance to these people.
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