[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 45 of 186 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Targhan on 20-May-2002 23:01 GMT | While I'm not fond of c0rpse's brashness, I will have to side with
him on this arguement. AmigaOS on X86 will kill the Amiga faster than
it did BeOS. The only thing keeping Linux alive on the PC is just how
cheap it is (get the os for free, buy a boxed deal and get StarOffice
and other junk for $20.) Don't believe me? Go ask SUN about running
an OS on the PC! There is a reason they've went back to their own
hardware, and don't compare Sun to Linux. Sun's Unix is by far the
superior OS to Linux; it always has been, always will be, amen.
Amiga and off-the-shelf hardware. I want the Amiga needs
off-the-shelf hardware guys to look about six inches up. A little
lower, there! See that flashing banner-ad? *USB* If you click on
it, you'll find a store that sells things like the Mediator and the
Prometheous--PCI baby. Now, since when are USB and PCI things not
off-the-shelf? This stuff is now, not something we are still waiting
on like AGP (which will be soon if EyeTech, Elbox, & co have anything
to say about it.) We need more folks to write drivers, the physical
ability to connect to off-the-shelf parts is there.
The software issues the Amiga faces is different. About everything on
the Amiga is behind it's counterpart on the PC by a few years.
However, the task is not an unattainable goal. The Digita and
Softwood products are solid at the core, and could be brought back to
the forefront when the time comes. Look no further than Kermit
Woodal and Nova Design to see that ImageFX and Alladin can work
wonders. The list goes on and on, and I'm posting this with
Voyager3.3.122 - now, who's screaming MorphOS and posting with IE.
Don't give up on PPC, because MOS and AOS looks like it'll be in a
court. The Amiga needs it's own hardware at the root. I say let 'em
have up to 3.9 on x86, and your PC friends can see a teaser. However,
SUN and IBM both couldn't topple Windows on x86... |
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