The project has some impressive stats. The CVS repository now houses over 66 MB of OS source code and 90 MB of contributed sources - with new code being checked in almost daily. This is a fantastic achievement in itself, sign of a healthy and thriving project, but as open source software it's the benefits it has provided to other aspects of the Amiga community that makes this achievement even more impressive. MorphOS, for example, has used the sources to gain several important shared libraries - and in a sign of community-driven, symbiotic support, has provided much needed patches back to AROS to ensure a high standard of Amiga software compatibility.
Amithlon, the eagerly anticipated and optimised Amiga emulation for x86 machines, has also delved into the treasure trove of AROS sources - it'll be interesting to see what kind of contributions the (extremely busy) Amithlon team will offer in return.
All in all, an excellent situation to see. I've lost track of the times I've emphasised how important it is that the Amiga community work together, and even in cooperation with other "alternative" platforms - it's the only way to thrive and promote alternatives to the general public. The AmigaDE is providing an almost covert foothold for Amiga developers in the embedded systems and digital appliance arena, similarly there's great potential in AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS and even the highly-tuned Amiga
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