From: | Matt Sealey |
Date: | 21 Jun 2001 at 18:53:31 |
Subject: | Re: Whinge,whinge!!!! |
Hello Alan
On 21-Jun-01, you wrote:
> hi,
>
>> The "partnership" is no more than a leveraging of existing technology,
>> but IMO existing technology that's proven in the field (you ran MorphOS
>> like you said..) is better technology than stuff that's been hidden inside
>> a company for the past 4 years.
>
> I have no 'problem' with MorphOS at all - I liek it...i just disagree that
> its the saviour for the classic Amiga/PPC.
>
> MorphOS on a new PPC platform (AmigaONE, Pegasos whatever) will be
> fantastic. MorphOS on the current PPC/68k hybrid combo cards (with their
> low memory access, no direct fast gfx etc) is just a final kludge too far
> ;-)
Where do you expect development for these new cards to be done, Alan?
When there is ONE PPC SOLUTION AVAILABLE TO YOU, you use it. There are
no AmigaOne's or SharkPPC's, or Pegasos boards (or there weren't any
of the latter before May this year) to develop on.
Now, consider: you want to develop an operating system and emulation
environment for a PPC system. To do this so that you can have software
on launch, would it not be better to leverage existing hardware for the
purpose (hardware with which you have intimate knowledge) rather than
code blind, wait for prototypes, etc.?
MorphOS has been in development since before AmigaOS 3.5 was even
announced. (Vapor had been in on the plan since the start hence their
dislike for the superficial direction it too the AmigaOS compared to
what was to become MorphOS.) It is now pretty much mature in it's API,
design, and purpose (and has a wealth of software support that the
original AmigaOS/WarpUP solutions could never hope to acheive)..
.. would it be this far along if it hadn't been done this way, and that
early, considering?
Thanks
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