Okay. One point. The new AmigaOS is based on TaOS, this can run self-hosted, on top of another OS (hiding it completely), or as an application running on the OS (subtle difference). At the moment Amiga have chosen the later option because all the stuff ain't in place yet. This allows the developers to work on software before the final release. I would expect to see all three methods used. Think about it. You're a developer. You want to write some software that can be used by as many people as possible. Do you a) write your application for Windows... limiting yourself to Windows users (big market now but with digital convergence this market will pale in comparison) or do you b) write your software for TaOS an OS that'll run on anything regardless of CPU, architecture, blah, blah. Wow... you mean I could run my word processor on my Sony Playstation? Learn about TaOS... the truth's out there:-)
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Okay. One point. The new AmigaOS is based on TaOS, this can run self-hosted, on top of another OS (hiding it completely), or as an application running on the OS (subtle difference). At the moment Amiga have chosen the later option because all the stuff ain't in place yet. This allows the developers to work on software before the final release. I would expect to see all three methods used. Think about it. You're a developer. You want to write some software that can be used by as many people as possible. Do you a) write your application for Windows... limiting yourself to Windows users (big market now but with digital convergence this market will pale in comparison) or do you b) write your software for TaOS an OS that'll run on anything regardless of CPU, architecture, blah, blah. Wow... you mean I could run my word processor on my Sony Playstation? Learn about TaOS... the truth's out there :-)