> Still some of us meddling with the old favourite.

This, I can understand. I have gone to the trouble myself of
locating ROMS so that I can emulate an Amiga on Windows
Vista and it was fun - for a couple of hours of nostalgia.
But there it ends.

> As to OS4.1... I would suggest that the wonderful people
> at
> Google are more likely to develop the next best OS to take
> on MS.

It's not even a case of "best" though, is it? Obviously the
matter is extremely subjective and users of Unix variants
are likely to be most vociferous in that respect, but the
point is not that Workbench will never rule again - it is
that the Amiga OS will almost certainly never reach enough
users to become a viable long term prospect.

> I get a feeling the days of the 'big idea' are over.

Exactly. So back to a serious point I sort-of made in the
first place: Why did OS4.1 ever make it beyond the drawing
board of a few underground fanatics? Is someone genuinely
expecting to make money out of this?

Paul C, befuddled of Somerset
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All
> folk want is a modest interface to mail, buy stuff and
> surf. You
> don't need an expensive machine plus OS to do that. Maybe
> that is why Mr Gates is retiring. He has seen the writing
> on the
> window for his elaborate and bloated disk operating
> system.
>
> Happy days..
>
> scuzz
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