@damocles
The Amiga rights (patents, ...) may be quite cheap because there is (except for the name) no need to buy them exclusivly. Germany (likely in cooperation with Hyperion Entertainment and the existing Amiga community) needs only all data and rights to develop and use AmigaOS unlimited. Germany has only to buy some stuff possibly left in USA and finance the further development of AmigaOS with a few hundered millions. The aim is a highly secure, stable, fast, real time capable, prime OS as replacement for MSwindows/Linux - cheap for all (how about 25 Euro with everything you typical need included) and suitable for military and industry use.
AmigaOS is no dead end - Intel and MSwindows more likely are. Admittedly someone must convince Germany (or the EU) that AmigaOS can be a better choice than Linux and I can't do this because I don't know enough of these operating systems.
The question is not: could it be? The question is: why hasn't it already happen?
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