[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 52 of 186 | ANN.lu |
Posted by ShadesOfGrey on 21-May-2002 01:44 GMT | In reply to Comment 25 (smithy): >The people that own PCs need off-the-shelf software. That's why they own PCs.
>It's because they need to write their essays for university and work, they
>might want to use modern internet software, and they want to play the latest
>games. With AmigaOS restricted to hardware that this type of thing isn't
>currently available for, who is going to switch? Or, indeed, who is going to
>have both machines? Just for an OS which has no modern apps?
Ok, so what you are saying is that all us Amiga people should just switch to Windows because it, and its software, can be had off the shelf? If Amiga OS were to appear on X86 hardware platform. It doesn't mean that software for the Amiga OS platform would miraculously appear 'on the shelf'. Rather, people would ask, "Why doesn't this thing have 'Windows'???"
To paraphrase:
With AmigaOS on the hardware that this type of thing is currently available for, who is going to switch? Or, indeed, who is going to have both OS'es? Just for an OS which has no modern apps?
>With AmigaOS/PC, there'd be a massive number of new potential users, not to
>mention new developers interested in an modern, viable alternative to Windows
>and Unix that is already accessible to most people. Perhaps OpenBeOS or AtheOS
>will seize this market?
Hmm... It didn't work with Be OS. So how can you be so sure that OpenBeOS or AtheOS will be so successful? Besides, how complete are OpenBeOS and AtheOS, seriously? I haven't kept up with either project so I don't know myself.
Anyway, lets assume that they are in about the same shape Amiga OS 4 is for the PPC. Lets further assume that upon release they won't be perfect but demonstrate their great potential. So perhaps by the time Amiga OS 4.5 is ready for release, and has a decent number of applications. AOS 4.5 (and apps) could be ported to X86 hardware around the same time that OBOS and AtheOS are equally stable and supported.
Of course since AOS 4.5 is a commercial product and not an Open Source project it will have a harder time maintaining a presence in the X86 world. Myabe it will gain a signifacant foothold, or maybe it will fall flat. But if AOS 4.5 for the X86 should fail, AOS 4.5 for PPC will still be around to fall back on. |
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