I have read in numerous discussions that even if MorphOS is comparable to mainstream operating systems (except MorphOS much better) then people will not be interested because most people do not use computers / devices for professional use and also that such people do not care about the quality of their computer, as long as everybody else has the same thing. If people cared about the quality of their computer / device ... BlackBerry would be the most selling.

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I do not know the exact amount of people in Africa that do not have any computer, but there has to be some area of opportunity that Windows, OS X, Linux, has not snuck in and took over Africa just as they have taken over the rest of the world. If there is potential to increase user base of MorphOS by releasing it in Africa, somehow.

There might be a problem because even though many Africans may not have a computer, they aren't necessarily unfamiliar with them. Many have been to computer labs which obviously are Windows, OSX, or Linux. They probably are not interested in performance any differently than other users of computer / device. What they might be interested in is low cost.

Although it is not the 1980s, a time period where different computers could be introduced which Commodore enjoyed success by releasing low cost computers, there could be many areas in Africa that are similar to the 1980s: a void that could be filled with low cost computers.

Currently, there are few options of computers: either used PowerPC ones, or current expensive PowerPC ones or "under performing" PowerPC ones. Perhaps in a very distant future there will be a new low cost computer(s) pre-installed with MorphOS.

I would guess that MorphOS reason for saying "No." to the potential customers is because it is very difficult to translate MorphOS into numerous languages spoken in Africa. But there are also many areas in Africa speaking English, French, German, ... Chinese? I assume there are many bilingual in Africa, some who are Software Developers that can translate from these languages into native languages.

Sorry for bad typing. I have heat exhaustion.

[ Edited by In_Correct 25.07.2016 - 03:08 ]

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I guess the "heat exhaustion" is to blame for your temporary lapse of grip on reality. Blackberry???

Most areas of Africa may not have electricity, let alone computers, and if anyone is going to succeed in that area, it would be much more likely that it would be the Raspberry Pi people and Linux. If we had a working version of MorphOS for ARM already, and it could work great on the graphics chip used in all of the models of the Raspberry Pi, then MorphOS might be interesting to developers, but only if there were also easy tools to write new applications and games for MorphOS on ARM, which made it as easy, or easier to create new software for MorphOS on ARM, than the existing programming tools for Linux & Android for ARM products.

It would be great to have MorphOS for such low cost, low power usage, computers, like the Raspberry Pi series of boards, as well as most ARM powered cell phones, but we don't, and it does not appear that we will have such a version of MorphOS for a long time into the future, if ever.

Does BlackBerry not have the same or similar spirit of Commodore, and now also Raspberry Pi?

I agree MorphOS should utilize Pi Device, and Developer Tools. Perhaps Morph will surprise us. Morph is very capable of surprises and has surprised and even "done the impossible" many times before.

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Africa has many more years, perhaps in some cases many more decades, to finish building. This makes Africa a perfect opportunity for MorphOS.

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Most people in Africa do not have access to computers at all. so if at all, it has to be cheap. Android phones and tabelts and old notebooks/desktop using Linux fit in here well because of the price. Cheap ARM boards as well although they do not have a perfect housing likee a mobile device has. Neither Blackberry nor MorphOS does.
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I doubt many people can afford Macs. So i guess they have access to Windows and Linux, if at all.
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Where do you see a difference between those three?

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Yes, it does not have. Commodore wanted to sell high price computers to the creative people and later to the masses. Blackberry wanted to sell security to the business people. Raspberry Pi wants to sell to the tinkerer by being as cheap as possible. They are all completely different.

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As the used PowerPC Macs are no longer made, this group eventually have limited availability,
Current PowerPC is expensive, and not a good idea to sell to Africans.
There are also current PowerPC that are very underperforming compared to ARM devices.
So all PowerPC are not a good idea to sell to Africans.

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If I have read it correctly on Commodore History, Commodore have sold many low end but extremely low cost computers which proved to be very successful. Even though they were low end, they had advantages. BlackBerry is high end device, which became successful ... until all the toys became more appealing to the average video game playing "Pokemon Go" user. Raspberry Pi Foundation have many low cost ARM devices and they too sell extremely many. These companies do not have the same missions, but they have the same spirit.

[ Edited by In_Correct 25.07.2016 - 18:18 ]

MorphOS is already in Africa: http://www.morphos-team.net/imprint ;)