> they simply scrapped the idea

...and gave (sold?) everything developed for the project to that point to IBM, who completed the project and had someone else turn it into an actual product :-)

http://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7001&forum=3&start=147

> this however, made MorphOS reconsider the options, hence the support
> for existing PPC Mac HW

As a side note, the original plan (as per an early 2002 statement by Ralph Schmidt) was to commence work on a Mac port end of 2002.

> AeonKit [...] claim (with no shame) to do it at loss(!). And this road was collectively
> kamikaze-applauded as "the way forward" (for OS4). And pretty much still is.

There seem to exist conflicting information as to whether or not the NRE costs for Cyrus (Plus) board development are passed on to the customers (as wasn't done with the Nemo board). Do you know more?


Edit: statement regarding NRE costs of Cyrus (Plus)

[ Edited by Andreas_Wolf 08.02.2017 - 23:36 ]