[News] Fleecy Moss clarifies on ANN | ANN.lu |
Posted on 20-May-2002 22:17 GMT by SlimJim | 186 comments View flat View list |
For those of you lacking the stamina to wade through the 300+ posts-thread
on ANN (named "the next ppc amiga" ), Fleecy Moss, CTO at Amiga Inc,
made a short surprise visit to dispell some rumours about the BPlan-AInc situation (apparently
after getting the thumbs up from AInc:s legal advisors).
Snippets from various posts:
[...] "For AmigaOS4, Amiga said that it will welcome ANY and ALL hardware companies
which develop hardware. We have spent many hours of email with
representatives of bPlan and in all of them, our line has been consistent.
1.We will be very happy to provide bPlan with an OS4 licence, and to have
OS4 running on the Pegasos
2.Amiga compatability within MorphOS comes from illegally obtained source
tapes and we will use all legal process to prevent it from entering the
market.
It is not Amiga Inc preventing AmigaOS4 from running on the Pegasos. As far
as Amiga Inc is concerned, we consider the two issues mentioned above as
being completely separate."
[...]
"Most of you (with an interest in the truth anyway) have already asked the
obvious question. What would Amiga Inc gain from NOT allowing OS4 to run on
the Pegasos. Answer - absolutely nothing.
The licence terms for OS4 are the same for bPlan as for Eyetech and anyone
else who wishes to sell an Amiga product that runs OS4. It is a typical OEM
licence, and presents a level playing field, for producers, for distributors
and for customers. You will find NO exclusive deals done for any product
that carries the Amiga seal of approval, and no favouritism played to any
company or individual.
Any company that says that they approached us and we rejected them is lying.
They may not have liked certain elements of the OEM deal, but it is the same
deal as everyone else is offered."
[...]
"Anything to do with MorphOS and its 'amiga compatability' will be decided,
so it seems, in the courts."
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Fleecy Moss clarifies on ANN : Comment 160 of 186 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Janne Sirén on 21-May-2002 16:04 GMT | In reply to Comment 136 (Christophe Decanini): Christophe: I agree, we should embrace the diversity in the Amiga community. Lets leave the business side of it to those who want to do business, and let the best one on the market win. Hopefully all of them.
If you want to support a product or a way of doing things, fine, support it with your wallet, with your actions, but don't forget tolerance. Amiga was once about choice (well, it has been about many things to many people).
And now, ironically, it is about choice more than ever.
I for one choose to embrace that. Choice. Amiga Inc. brought the IP and the name, but I'm sure we don't want the said company to own us anymore we would like Microsoft to do so.
Any more than Commodore owned all that made Amiga great. They owned some. Not all. Hopefully Amiga Inc. will continue this trend in the future.
If someone breaks the law, let the courts decide and compensate. I'm all for that. Otherwise I'll continue to enjoy the diversity. Hope more and more of us will continue to do the same.
I choose to believe Amiga is more than about a name. I continue to watch all developments, be it AmigaOS, AmigaDE, MorphOS, Amithlon, AROS or UEA for that matter, with a great deal of interest.
If you decide to choose your favourite, that's quite okay. I'm just saying there is nothing wrong in accepting the Amiga legacy which has lead to this diverse situation, even if you choose to be interested in only one subject.
At the moment I've yet to make any particular decisions. |
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