Hardware designed specifically for software that was designed specifically for said hardware seems to be where it's at.
So much emphasis on compatibility in the dominant markets is quelling innovation.
You can't just build the best possible machine. You have to build a machine that is also compatible with : never ending laundry list of protocols, standards, API's , hardware, form factors etc etc.
Amiga got PCI but real Amiga development was gone by then. The technology had been purchased by a third party and they basically just coasted the remaining value out.
What if Dinosaurs never went extinct? (Score:3)
Hardware designed specifically for software that was designed specifically for said hardware seems to be where it's at.
So much emphasis on compatibility in the dominant markets is quelling innovation.
You can't just build the best possible machine. You have to build a machine that is also compatible with : never ending laundry list of protocols, standards, API's , hardware, form factors etc etc.
It is both unfortunate and apparently necessary.
amiga needed pci when pc's & bit later macs go (Score:2)
amiga needed pci when pc's & bit later macs got it
Re:amiga needed pci when pc's & bit later macs (Score:3)
Amiga got PCI but real Amiga development was gone by then. The technology had been purchased by a third party and they basically just coasted the remaining value out.