@Dirk-B

Something to think about is that some of these hardware outfits are focussed narrowly on getting a prototype done -- which for sure is a hard challenge -- and some, or one anyway, has some experience already and realizes the need, and has the perspective, to take the broader view and look farther ahead. As Alan Redhouse said long ago, this market is not big enough to sustain hardware sales by itself. Any of these outfits trying to make new hardware will have to sell beyond the Amiga platform in order to have enough volume to be viable. The group will have to leverage everything it can to be visible in the larger market and win some credibility, which comes before being able to sell to those markets.

Of course people want to try to make and sell their hardware. They should have the chance. It's up to them and to the market to determine which will succeed and which won't.

-- gary_c

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