quatermass (+0.1)
19/10/04 4:33PM |
I asked Jack about the time scale and whilst he wouldn't give me a timescale, they do tend to go adrift, when I prompted with a time frame of 9 months. He did comment that he would expect it to be 'sooner than that'.
Indeed he said that RISCOS Ltd and Castle had agreed to a timescale. |
sa110
19/10/04 5:32PM |
Superb news. Perhaps when I replace my RPC next year, it will be with the new merged RISC OS - idle speculation, but perhaps the new merged RISC OS will be RISC OS 6, or 5.5 |
nex
19/10/04 8:11PM |
/me votes for RISC OS 98 |
joty
19/10/04 8:30PM |
In reply to sa110:
when you read RISCOS Ltd's / RISC OS Developments' web press release carefully, you would know the working title.  |
Sawadee
19/10/04 11:24PM |
For the merger being many months away, possibilities of RO 6 (or what ever name), seem good RO prospects for 2005. Maybe an alternative for consideration of MS users, as I'm told that XP Windows next year will be just an extended XP version and not a whole new release version.
2005, time to nab a slot of the market RISC OS, or just catch up to the market? |
sascott
20/10/04 2:12AM |
In reply to Sawadee:
I sincerely doubt we'll catch up with Windows within this timeframe. I think most effort would be put into consolidation and optimising of the OS, then from there perhaps think about where to take it. Time to look back at the Merlin docs from earlier this year for clues... |
Clades
20/10/04 7:53AM |
realistically, it'd be pretty difficult to convert people to RISC OS so long as it can't be installed on PC hardware. The price barrier is just too high for most people, unless they're already using RISC OS or are an ex-Acorner. Merging the two development trees might lower costs a bit though. |
fwibbler
20/10/04 4:53PM |
In reply to Clades:
MacOS can't be installed on PC hardware either.
MacOS hardware is also much more expensive than RISC OS hardware and so perhaps gives the RISC OS market something more realistic to aim for.
Cheers! |
thegman
20/10/04 5:06PM |
In reply to fwibbler:
How do you work out Macs are more expensive than RISC OS boxes? Macs start at less than half the cost of an Iyonix, even a G5 Power Mac is £1099 these days. |
fwibbler (-0.1)
20/10/04 5:31PM |
Bugger!
I meant more expensive than PC boxes.
Cheers! |
thegman (-0.1)
20/10/04 5:36PM |
I can't deny that! |
bucksboy
20/10/04 6:52PM |
In reply to Clades:
RISC OS /can/ be installed on PC hardware using VARPC, and at around 100 quid the price shouldn't be a barrier. If all it does is rekindle the interest of a percentage of former users it will have done a considerable service to the platform.
George |
Eddie
20/10/04 8:35PM |
There is, I believe, a MacOS emulator being developed for the PC. Try
http://www.cherryos.com/
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jess
20/10/04 8:47PM |
What if I'm not that patient  |
bernie
21/10/04 10:19AM |
AFAIK status of CherryOS in uncertain (hoax? wapourware?). The true alternative is PearPC http://www.pearpc.net/ . Also see http://forums.pearpc.net/viewtopic.php?t=1237 for some speculations. |
nodoubt73
28/10/04 8:54AM |
I think this thing of two different ROS shall end. There should be an hardware standard, and a starndard
OS, or at least a single installation that can then recognize the hardware. For such a small world as RiscOS one,
it's impossible to think to have 2 different standards: this makes a few users per standard, and sentences the
early death of this wonderful operating system. Merging the 2 systems and have one single strong product could
finally leave some visible footmark on the computers scene, and probably generate a more accessible pricing
range. |
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