The Acorn-designed ARMs were released in the late 1980s and very early 1990s. The best-selling designs are the recent ones which do share heritage but are far removed from the excellent work that Furber, Wilson and team did while at Acorn.
RISC OS is a plaything for enthusiasts, a relic if an age where computing was a hobby rather than the corporate monstrosity that it has become.
As a hobbyist and RISC OS user I am fine with that. But Acorn itself got out of the game in 1988 after Phoebe took only 1,400 preorders. Had they continued, Galileo may well have succeeded RISC OS with a more modern foundation.
RISC OS is a plaything for enthusiasts, a relic if an age where computing was a hobby rather than the corporate monstrosity that it has become.
As a hobbyist and RISC OS user I am fine with that. But Acorn itself got out of the game in 1988 after Phoebe took only 1,400 preorders. Had they continued, Galileo may well have succeeded RISC OS with a more modern foundation.