>>> There is no real market for MorphOS on the X5000.

>> Is this a implication that the X5000 port isn't going to be happening?

> [...] After all, how many users did we pick up with the SAM460 port

Virtually none according to geit. Now, what may that tell us about the coming X5000 port, if anything?

> a system that [...] doesn't [...] allow the concurrent use of
> a PCI SATA controller card with a PCI sound card

True, but Sam460ex has both features onboard and supported by MorphOS. It's Sam460cr specifically that is problematic with MorphOS because of non-support for PCIe-PCI bridges connected to the PCIe x1 slot.