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AmigaOS 4.0 released

Posted by timothy on from the users-thrilled-plan-to-show-entire-retirement-home dept.

tmk writes "After five years Hyperion announces the availability of AmigaOS 4.0: 'Amiga OS 4.0 is the most stable, modern and feature-rich incarnation to date of the multi-media centric operating system launched by Commodore Business Machines (CBM) in 1985 with which it still retains a high degree of compatibility.' But there is a snag: the new OS supports only the AmigaOne, which is not available anymore. According to Hyperion, the new hardware platform will be announced by third parties early 2007."

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  1. He's dead, Jim. by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I loved AmigaOS. I used it for probably a decade after it had completely stagnated at the top levels, while its huge crowd of shareware developers kept shovelling great software out to Aminet. But come on, folks: Amiga is dead. Not dying; dead. All of the technical elegance I appreciated for so long has now moved into other systems (KDE and its KIOslaves are far cooler than Amiga's "datatypes" ever hoped to be), and other than keeping an emulator available for the occasional retro-gaming jones, I just can't see a single reason for its continued existence.

    I'm the last one to criticize people for spending their days working on projects that look insane to everyone else, but this brings me pretty close. Rest in peace, Amiga. You were beautiful at a time when no other computer was, but your era has long passed. Leave us with our wonderful memories, and sleep well.

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  2. The comedy continues by realmolo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, it takes them how long to finally "finish" AmigaOS 4.0? And now that it's finished, the hardware it runs on is unavailable?

    Just when you think the Amiga saga can't get any more absurd...

    I fully expect them to announce that they're starting an x86 port, and it'll be ready in January of 2008. Or January of 2018, whichever comes later.

    I had an Amiga back in the day. Loved it. Have no desire to use on ever again, though.

  3. Hardware is beside the point by fm6 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you're going to create an OS that nobody will use, does it matter whether there's any hardware to run it on?

  4. her by Shawn+is+an+Asshole · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Amiga == feminine
    Amigo == masculine

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