[News] Amiga Inc. April executive update | ANN.lu |
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Comment 1 | Teemu I. Yliselä | | 13-Apr-2002 10:49 GMT |
Comment 2 | Jørn Rune Jakobsen | | 13-Apr-2002 10:57 GMT |
Comment 3 | DaveW | | 13-Apr-2002 11:06 GMT |
Comment 4 | Björn Hagström | | 13-Apr-2002 12:06 GMT |
Comment 5 | SlimJim | | 13-Apr-2002 12:23 GMT |
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Amiga Inc. April executive update : Comment 6 of 186 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Keith Blakemore-Noble on 13-Apr-2002 12:26 GMT | In reply to Comment 4 (Björn Hagström): What this means is that for ANY hardware capable of running AmigaOS4 or greater, AInc are demanding that it MUST be sold with a copy of AmigaOS *regardless of whether the person buying the hardware wants to run AmigaOS*.
I.e. they are proposing an Amiga Tax on all hardware which is capable of running AmigaOS - just like the much critisised "Microsoft Tax" where PCs were sold with Windows whether you wanted it or not.
Sad to see AInc are stooping to such low tactics (and don't give me any "anti piracy" bullshit - there are plenty of other ways to reduce piracy without FORCING people to pay for an OS if they do not want it), but then given they are working more and more with Microsoft these days, it is hardly surprising that some of MS's dodgy tactics are rubbing of on AInc.
A sad day indeed :-( |
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