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    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12081 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    Interesting story shared by BigGun:

    "I had once a very long discussion with one of the Hyperion CEOs. Hyperion asked me if we could add a PowerPC CPU to the Vampires. [...] Hyperion told me that they see PowerPC as the only future for Amiga. And if we add a PowerPC this would be a win for the users and would motivate Amiga users to switch to PowerPC finally. [...] The Hyperion CEO said, he thinks that 68K is dead. He told me that they not plan to invest into a future for 68K. He said, that he thinks 68K Amiga is for Hyperion a good market to make money from it now, but that they will only investment into development and future for PowerPC and not in 68k. He thought 68K is dead and as sooner the people leave 68k as better. He said that the best would be, if all 68K Amigas die, so that the Amiga users have a reason to buy some PowerPC and move on."
    http://www.apollo-core.com/knowledge.php?b=9¬e=30011&x=1

    I guess this discussion took place before Hyperion purchased ReAction.

    "This discussion was in German [...]. I was clearly and unmistakable told by one of the CEOs that 1) the Hyperion has no interest to develop for 68k. It was made clear that 2) Hyperion wants that all 68K users will upgrade to PowerPC as soon as possible. Hyperion made it clear that their development focus will only be PowerPC, and even if they make income with Amiga 68k fans, Hyperion does see no future for 68K Amigas. [...] the CEO from Hyperion made it to my clear that Hyperion and Thomas Richters "plans" for OS 3.1.4 are not aligned and not the same. He clearly said that in contrary to what the OS3.1.4-team wants, for Hyperion the 68K Amiga has no future."
    http://www.apollo-core.com/knowledge.php?b=9¬e=30011&x=3

    German? This may limit the options.
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