>>> Why don't os4 programs not run on morphos and vice versa? >>> All powerpc and all like Amiga, can't be that hard.
>> At least we have OS4Emu.
> what IF we started with MOS 2.x as AmigaOS 4 […]?
MorphOS 2.0 was released in 2008 and thus years after OS4.
> Its a bit like asking why MacOS X PPC, WinNT PPC and > Linux PPC apps dont work in MorphOS since its all PPC, > or Linux x64, Windows x64 and AROS x64.
The key phrase is "all like Amiga" here, I guess. Both being AmigaOS 3.x descendants, API relationship between MorphOS and OS4 should be way bigger than between Amiga-like OS (MorphOS/AROS/OS4), POSIX OS (MacOSX/Linux/…) and Windows.