[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 55 of 186 | ANN.lu |
Posted by ShadesOfGrey on 21-May-2002 02:20 GMT | In reply to Comment 38 (smithy): >Actually, the BeOS userbase grew massively when BeOS was ported to the PC.
I'll agree with this. But was this 'massive' increase really that large comparted to the total number of Windows users? How many users were actaully using BeOS on an exclsive basis? Finally how many were just messing around with the latest geek OS for the X86?
>And what apps are you planning to buy for OS4?
>On an AmigaOS/PC system, there would be few apps to start with, however, once
>the userbase grew more would be developed. Just as is the case with Linux.
What apps are you planning to buy for OS4 on X86 hardware?
On an AmigaOS/PPC system, there would be few apps to start with, however, once the userbase grew more would be developed. Just as is the case with Linux PPC.
>>They leave AmigaOS on their hard drive for a few months, occasionally booting
>>into it to mess around. Eventually then need the hard drive space back to
>>install a new game so they delete the AmigaOS partition to make way for Quake
>>4.
>That didn't happen with Linux, or even BeOS, when it was around.
I'm afraid that no matter how I say this it will be grossly insulting. So I'm going to be very blunt.
You are f*cking joking right??? If what you're saying is true, no Linux or BeOS user who ever installed said OS'es on X86 hardware has stopped using and deleted those OS'es in order to continue using Windows??? Is this also true of QNX, Solaris, NeXT/OPENSTEP, etc.??? Then why, WHY the f*ck is Windows still so f*cking dominant?!?!?!
Pardon the langauge, but I did say I was going to be blunt. I will try to refrain from using such language in the remainder of this message.
>The computing enthusiasts market is there for the taking. They don't expect
>apps overnight, indeed many of them are developers looking for a new system to
>develop on. There is a tremendous opportunity here.
I am a 'computing enthusiast' and I don't see why any other "computing enthusiasts" wouldn't also want to enthusiastically use an alternative hardware platform like PPC. |
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