@Billsey
I'm also in total disagreement with you regarding Bill McE's intentions
and the AmigaOS we know.
In the early days, he was telling everyone that would listen about how
DEAD the old OS was and that he and Fleecy were going to lead us
forward with their new ground breaking vision.
The fact that a third party came to Ainc offerring to give them money
to put out OS 3.9 was granted like throwing a bone to the Classic Amiga
dogs... err... "community".
The OS4 deal was yet another source of funding for Bill McEwen's Amiga
Anywhere fantasies.
Yeah, without Bill and his disregard for the Classic OS, he would never
have given Hyperion permission to make OS4. We owe him that much.
Even more so, I'm sure Bill never envisioned his AmigaAnywhere would
have come to such a dismal end and the revived Classic OS come to be as
highly valued as it appears to be today.
Ain't life interesting?

PJS