@bean
The userbase won't grow without hardware will it grow without software?
The regular user won't buy OS4 capable hardware unless some applications are available for it.
See this thread just to get an idea of what people expect to be INCLUDED with their OS of choice.
When people buy a computer and a new OS they expect to be entertained right out of the box and Amiga can't provide that anymore. No moviemaker, no picture editing software, no office programs, no music making software, no CD/DVD burning software.
Not even a webbrowser that can compare to whats available on other platforms

This is where the lack of support from Amiga Inc really shows IMHO. If Amiga werent as greedy as they are and would let Hyperion control all things OS4 we could have come MUCH further now I believe.
And Amiga Inc could have earned real $$ on OS4.