▁provide ▁a ▁version ▁to ▁users ▁within ▁a ▁year , ▁making ▁his ▁now - inf am ous ▁" change ▁some ▁flags ▁and ▁re compile " ▁comment . ▁ ▁Am iga OS ▁ 4 . 0 ▁was ▁first ▁released ▁to ▁end - users ▁and ▁second ▁level ▁bet at esters ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁with ▁Am iga OS ▁ 4 . 1 ▁following ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁It ▁is ▁currently ▁still ▁in ▁development . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁Hyper ion ▁attempted ▁to ▁obtain ▁a ▁lic ence ▁for ▁an ▁Am iga OS ▁ 4 ▁native ▁port ▁of ▁the ▁file ▁manager ▁Directory ▁Op us , ▁which ▁had ▁originally ▁and ▁been ▁developed ▁on ▁the ▁Am iga , ▁but ▁for ▁which ▁development ▁had ▁since ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁Microsoft ▁Windows ▁platform . ▁However ▁tal ks ▁between ▁Hyper ion ▁and ▁GP ▁Software ▁broke ▁down . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁man aging ▁partner ▁of ▁Hyper ion , ▁Benjamin ▁Herm ans , ▁in ▁the ▁period ▁between ▁announ cement ▁and ▁release ▁of ▁Am iga OS ▁ 4 , ▁ign ited ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁community ▁controvers y ▁by ▁repeatedly ▁claim ing ▁that ▁Mor ph OS , ▁an ▁Am iga OS - like ▁compet itor ▁( which ▁had ▁been ▁released ▁in ▁complete ▁form ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 ), ▁was ▁illegal , ▁and ▁had ▁on ▁several ▁occasions ▁threatened ▁to ▁take ▁legal ▁action ▁against ▁it ▁either ▁on ▁the ▁grounds ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁par as it ic ▁competition ▁to ▁Am iga OS ▁ 4 , ▁or