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Posted on 03-Mar-2000 13:35 GMT by Christian Kemp6 comments
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Sauro writes: Apple Fritter, an online Apple magazine, mentions AmigaOS as a candidate for the POP platform. Check out their POP Pages.
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POP community aware of Amiga : Comment 1 of 6ANN.lu
Posted by Steve Crietzman on 02-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT
While we don't have official confirmation of this, there are rumours that Haage and Partner may not develop AmigaOS for the POP/PPC afterall. These plans were, afterall, put together at a time when there was no communication with Amiga Inc, and H&P had to essentially create their own migration path, choosing POP as a likely candidate for a Next Generation Amiga system.
Now that the official strategy of Amiga is to migrate to the Tao "platform", it's likely (according to our sources) that this is where a significant amount of H&P's energy will of course be focused from now - the transition strategy - and this raises legitimate questions as to whether H&P are still interested in developing a PowerPC Open Platform (POP) port of AmigaOS, or whether it would be consistent with their strategic relationship with Amiga Inc.
I wanted to state for the record that everyone at the Open Amiga Foundation acknowledges the strong strength of feeling within the Amiga community on this matter. Our members and the Amiga community have consistently told us, in poll after poll, the fact they want an AmigaOS port for the POP/PowerPC - and so for our part, we remain fully committed to helping develop and fund a PowerPC/POP port of AmigaOS/AROS. We are currently in the process of seeking contributions from sympathetic companies. If you work for a company that may be interested in sponsoring our work (especially if you have something to gain from a PowerPC port of AmigaOS or the creation of PPC hardware drivers etc), please ask them to get into contact with us by e-mailing president@amigakernel.org. We'd very much like to hear from you.
Best regards,
Steve Crietzman
President and CEO
Open Amiga Foundation
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Comment 2Sauro02-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT
Comment 3Remco Komduur02-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT
Comment 4Steffen Haeuser03-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT
Comment 5Steve Crietzman03-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT
Comment 6Dries04-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT
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