@Jorge
Just because something was good when C= had competive HW and millions of costumers 15 years ago, or is still good when Apple has competive HW and millions of costumers today, doesn't mean it's a good idea for an obscure OS without competive HW and a potential user-base ranging in th lower 4digits ......

Heck, even the guys from Hyperion are on record for complaining bout that licence from while to while.

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@Jorge
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So could (e.g.) MacOS (on both, x86 and PPC). And ? Doesn't mean its gonna happen.

I agree completely!

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Still, AmigaOS (like MacOS) is a propietary OS owned by a commercial company and thus their soleley proerty. Like it or not, they can do what ever they want with it.

I never said they couldn't, I don't think Seehund did either. If they want to further denigrate the once respectable Amiga name, then they paid for the right to do so. What is disturbing is that some people seem eager to support them in doing so.

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Also, I doubt that the only reason why AmigaOS did not run on any other (non Commodore) HW is the technical reason alone. Commodore in its late days was stripping the OS from it's HW dependecies already, the Actuiator Design (or however that is spelled) was a modular design running the AmigaOS. It simply did never materialize,

Yes, a hardware independant AOS never materlized, so it was never an issue. Commodore died off before it ever got to that point. OS4 is supposedly (according to Hyperion) hardware independant, so now it is an issue.

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Fact is, they owned it and decided what to do with the OS. The AmigaOS was never free. I think that what DoodooHead tried to express. Sure, if you do not want to understand that fact, you can turn it around until you have an interpretation which suits you best. Go ahead.

I agree that AOS has never been free. What's odd is that people like DoodooHead think that is an advantage, when there is overwhelming imperical evidence that indicates otherwise. OS4's fate is firmly tied to a company that Hyperion and Amiga Inc. have no controlling interest in. That is significantly different from the situation with Commodore.

However, given the AmigaOne Partners lack of initiative to try to do anything about the situation, I have no problems with watching OS4 circle the drain while we enjoy these academic arguments. I think several others feel the same way.

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