<!DOCTYPE html> <!-- ========================================== kroc camen of camen design ============================================= --> <title>quote · 2000–5000</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/design/design.css" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="/quote/rss" title="Just quote" /> <link rel="canonical" href="/quote/2000-5000" /> <!-- =================================================================================================================== --> <header> <h1><a href="/" rel="index"> Camen Design </a></h1> <nav><ul> <li><a href="/">all</a></li> <li><a href="/projects">projects</a></li> <li><a href="http://forum.camendesign.com">forum</a></li> </ul><ul> <li><a href="/quote/" rel="tag">quote</a></li> <li><a href="/writing/">writing</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/">blog</a></li> <li><a href="/photo/">photo</a></li> <li><a href="/code/">code</a></li> <li><a href="/art/">art</a></li> <li><a href="/link/">link</a></li> <li><a href="/poem/">poem</a></li> <li><a href="/audio/">audio</a></li> </ul><ul> <li><a href="/web-dev/">web-dev</a></li> <li><a href="/annoyances/">annoyances</a></li> <li><a href="/eve/">eve</a></li> <li><a href="/code-is-art/">code-is-art</a></li> <li><a href="/inspiration/">inspiration</a></li> <li><a href="/windows/">windows</a></li> <li><a href="/gift/">gift</a></li> <li><a href="/gaming/">gaming</a></li> <li><a href="/mac/">mac</a></li> <li><a href="/osnews/">osnews</a></li> <li><a href="/c64/">c64</a></li> <li><a href="/linux/">linux</a></li> </ul> <a rel="previous" href="/quote/alt-f4"> older article → </a></nav> </header> <!-- =================================================================================================================== --> <article><header> <!-- date published or updated --> <time pubdate datetime="2012-06-02T06:14:00+01:00"> <sup>6:14<abbr>am</abbr> • 2012</sup> <abbr title="June">Jun</abbr> 2 </time> <!-- categories --> <ul> <li><a href="/quote/2000-5000" rel="bookmark tag">quote</a></li> <li><a href="/windows/2000-5000">windows</a></li> <li><a href="/mac/2000-5000">mac</a></li> <li><a href="/linux/2000-5000">linux</a></li> <li><a href="/osnews/2000-5000">osnews</a></li> </ul> </header> <!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --> <h1>2000–5000</h1> <p> On the comment from <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/426217/amigaos_4_developer_interview_why_it_endures_what_future_holds/" rel="external">AmigaOS developer Steven Solie</a> that he estimates the userbase at between 2000 and 5000 users: </p> <blockquote> <p> Could this be a reliable evaluation of the amount of people across the world who will use open computing devices when everything else has acquired locked bootloaders? </p><p> After all, the process for acquiring an <a href="http://amigaos.net/" rel="external">AmigaOS</a>-compatible machine is similar to the one for an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino" rel="external">Arduino</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi" rel="external">Raspberry Pi</a>, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandaboard" rel="external">Pandaboard</a>: you have to know that it exists, fiddle around in obscure websites to find it, pay money to a semi-trusted reseller without having seen the hardware yet, then fiddle around with a bare PCB (be careful with electrostatic discharges!) in order to install your OS in a hardware-specific way… </p> <cite><a href="http://www.osnews.com/thread?520423" rel="external">Neolander—Interview: AmigaOS 4 lead developer Steven Solie</a></cite> </blockquote> <p> There is nothing ‘open’ about a ton of cheap WinTel boxes on shelves; they’re just available, that’s all.<br /> One day all that will be gone for good. </p> <!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --> </article> <footer> <nav><a href="http://forum.camendesign.com">‹ Discuss this in the Forum ›</a></nav> <a href="mailto:kroc@camendesign.com">kroc@camendesign.com</a> <nav>view-source: <a href="/quote/2000-5000.rem">Rem</a> • <a href="/quote/2000-5000.html">HTML</a> • <a href="/design/">CSS</a> • <a href="/.system/">PHP</a> • <a href="/.htaccess">.htaccess</a> </nav> <form method="get" action="https://duckduckgo.com"> <input type="hidden" name="sites" value="camendesign.com" /> <input type="search" name="q" placeholder="search…" /> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> </form> </footer> <!-- =================================================================================================== code is art === -->