What does the name really matter if we can have a stable supportive company out there that aren't selling discount coupons and t-shirts and mobile games and outsourcing services..
Personally I'd take the guys at Hyperion any day if they provide a stable solution, and continue to provide great support and have hardware available and are a strong enough company to see problems like this happening before the happen (like Eyetech), so it doesn't affect the market..
Do you guys really have to have that label, it doesn't really speak to the underlying technology and what it does for you... Let's face it, Hyperion did a really great job, I for instance never expected pull down screens.. Also the level of quality achieved.
if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck..
I think you hold outs should think about what you really do with your machine and what the spirit of the OS maker is and if that agrees with you..
EVEN IBM OS/2 (E-Com Station) and BeOS (Haiku, YellowTab) got new names, and it hasn't stopped those who are dedicated.. At least maybe the things that are holding us back as a platform might go away..
@Snuffy I am sorry but I do not see where Ainc has lost anything except the right to injunct Hyperion from selling OS4 to an Amigaone computer builder. The judge stated the the status quo remained. He could not see on the basis of Ainc's argument where they would be finacially harmed by leaving things the way they were and that the points which Ainc has brought to the injuction hearing are obvioulsy in dispute and that only a court case would be able to decide them. The court case will hinge on weather Hyperion can prove that Ainc Washington was insolvent and therefore must turn over the properties to Hyperion and Eyetech. And the judge stated that he did not see where that was proved in Hyperions response to the request for an injuction. The only thing I think is that this will take a lot longer and that is too bad for us.