>>>>> 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.

> If the X5000 ends up being canceled, the work put into it sure has acted like a
> boat anchor IMO.

And if it will get released, porting MorphOS to it won't have held back "further proper MorphOS development", acting like a 'boat anchor'?