| [News] AmigaDE SDK for Windoze "sidegrade" | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 31-Oct-2000 20:25 GMT by Christian Kemp | 13 comments
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Seehund writes:
As you may have noticed, the AmigaDE SDK for Windoze is US$99 even
if you already have bought the SDK for Linux. However, it seems you have
a chance to get the Windoze "sidegrade" for free in exchange for a
submission of some of your work for the AmigaDE to Amiga's FTP site.
Read the (sparse) details in Gary Peake's e-mail to the AMIOPEN mailing
list below.
>On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 02:41:39 -0800, owner-open@amiga.com Patrick
>Roberts wrote:
>
>>A solution might be for freeware developers that want the
>>Windows SDK, to have Amiga do something like:
>>
>> "Port or write an (or n) application or library and post it to
>>ftp.amigadev.net, send us a letter requesting a free cross-upgrade to
>>Windows and we will review on case-by-case basis"
>
>OK Pat, you're on! :)
>
>Port or write an application, tool, or library and post it to
>ftp.amiagadev.net, send an email to gary@amiga.com requesting a free
>cross-upgrade to the Windows hosted version (also include the name of
>the app, tool or library you wrote or ported) and we will review on a
>case by case basis.
>
>I think this is fair to all.
>
>Sincerely,
In case anyone missed this exchange ...
--
Gary Peake
Director - Developer Relations & Support
Amiga Inc.
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| Comment 1 | Mike Bouma | | 30-Oct-2000 23:00 GMT |
| Comment 2 | Seehund | | 31-Oct-2000 23:00 GMT |
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| Posted by Troels Ersking on 31-Oct-2000 23:00 GMT | In reply to Comment 1 (Mike Bouma):
I agree with you that $99 is peanuts for a (fully working, all needed API's included!) developer enviroment but there are reasons why it still might be too much.
1. Most people compare the Amiga SDK with developer enviroments for already established platforms, you can't compare prices with developer enviroments for windows or more exotic unix flavours like Solaris.
2. Amiga NEEDS a lot of programmers using the SDK, currently it is only (or mostly) old Amiga users who use it. They NEED programmers to make software for what will be their MAIN product the AmigaDE.
We need people who "just" wants to make some freeware/shareware software to make it for our platform instead of Linux/Qnx or other platforms where the developer enviroment is free.
Please take a look at the OpenAmiga mailing list, it's not like there are that many users of it( maybe 200 or so?), it's mostly the same people posting.
We need to get more developers, serious aswell as amateur, interested in the SDK and that could be done by lowering the price, make free download or something completely diffrent. |
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