AmigaOS 4.0 released

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."

Comments

Re:Seriously.

[mcrbids]

Remember that not long ago, it was widely agreed that "UNIX IS DEAD". And now, with Linux, it's rebirthed and marketshare is growing once again.

Good ideas have a "zombie effect" - they tend to stick around and pop back up. Remember the (now totally defunct) NextSTEP guys? Well, they tried to make a user-friendly OS based on Unix and failed... sorta. The company went belly-up, and what they did eventually became OSX - a highly successful, stable, unix-for-grandmothers Operating System.

No, Amiga is not much of a force today - but if the code can be "kept alive" and can evolve fast enough to meet the new challenges (EG: USB) that come out, it can very easily resuscitate and become a viable contender once again, just as UNIX has come back at Windows with a vengeance with both OSX and Linux chipping at its heels.

Due to its simple power, I belive that UNIX will smash Windows over the next 10 years. But, it's quite concievable that Amiga OS will "merge" with UNIX and become a frankenOS, with trats from both, and that it just might kick some serious ass again. Someday.