>>> I hope this boat anchor isn't holding back further proper MorphOS development.

>> At least the delay of the X5000 won't hold back MorphOS development ;-)

> Maybe not if the machine actually gets released to end users. If A-Eonkit goes
> belly up and the X5000 never gets released, then it seems to me an awful lot of
> development time has been wasted that could have gone into the ISA switch.

From the point of view of someone who calls the X5000 a 'boat anchor', imminent release, further delay or even entire cancellation won't make a difference as development time will have been wasted for porting either way.