If hyperion releases amiga to another platform, TODAY, would it survive?

Question

If hyperion releases amiga to another platform, TODAY, would it do well enough? I'd love to develop for the amiga platform. I do miss it.

What do we need?

btw, i realize that this isn't a problem, more of a wishlist for the future of amiga.

Answer 1

I don't think so, at least not in any numbers to register on the radar.

I would much prefer AROS to succeed on Netbook hardware and other PC hardware. Maybe in concert with Emumiga or something like it, to run classic Amiga applications.

And a minimal, stripped version of AROS compiled for 68000, so the Amiga hardware emulator UAE can work without the proprietary Kickstart ROMs. This would also open up the market for clones of the classic Amiga. As of now, they are sold "bare" without any operating system.

Also, I would think AROS would be a perfect fit for the up-and-coming ARM based netbooks. Those will not be able to run Windows, and might as well run something exciting like AROS instead of plain old Linux.