Essentially he's making this computer for himself, so I absolutely wish him well (and anyone who wants to go along for the ride).
It must be possible to build a self sustaining market if the machine is targeted at the correct niches! There is no point having solely Linux clones and even Timberwolf to run and expecting the whole scene to self perpetuate. Hopefully, development will pick up and Trevor, A-Eon, Varisys and Hyperion will start developing a strategy of how to sell enough to build the next model. I would call myself a begrudging Mac user, there must be more people like me.
I admitted using Deluxe Paint for my animations to my boss the other day. I wonder what he would think if he Googled it and found out how archaic the program is in this day and age!!! I still think the Amiga way of doing things at least in the way the operating system works and is arranged has no peers for the home environment.
The Amiga never cracked the office sector, not even C= used Amigas to run their own offices in the end!
_________________ "Art challenges technology. Technology inspires the art." John Lasseter, Co-Founder of Pixar Animation Studios