> here are some scattered MorphOS developers comments on the
> subject: [...]

And here's another one:

"Question is really is it worth of it. PPC is big endian platform allowing easy integration of old Amiga software to modern (in Amiga terms) PPC native operating system. With little endian systems that integration would be lost although it was more relevant ten years ago than it is today."
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=33868&forum=2&start=40#620205