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| Posted by SlimJim on 24-May-2002 07:39 GMT | In reply to Comment 37 (Alkis Tsapanidis):
> ... If MorphOS was PROVED to be illegal I would say OK. But it hasn't been proved yet
> and still they [AInc] state that it is.
Wouldn't it be more frustrating if AInc DIDN'T say what their problems with MOS
was...? ;-)
It's their opinion and it appears they are ready to defend that opinion
in court. No matter what we may think of BPlan or AInc, there is no 'evil' involved
here at either side. I don't expect the MOS team to back off from the stuff they
have worked on so hard. But face it- Ainc cannot back off either if they really
believe there are IP-infringements involved- not taking action would undermine
their investment and weaken their grip on the trademark (note that I'm saying 'they
think' - I, and most people on these boards, haven't got a clue as to how strong AInc:s
court case is. Only they know - and probably BPlan).
I don't understand that everyone is talking of this as a win-or-loose situation
for BPlan. If they loose a court case, they cannot use MOS (in it's current shape).
But they still have (supposedly) great hardware. They can licence AOS4 to go into the
Amiga market, or (more probable) sell PPC-boards to Linux community. And MOS is not lost!
It would require a re-write, but once all 'illegal' stuff (as I said, if they
are indeed deemed to be illegal that is) is removed, BPlan WOULD have their own OS, late
but beyond AInc:s sphere of interest. It's a setback for BPlan, indeed, but
I don't see it as obvious that this would mean the end of the company.
I really don't see why people, that have not personal involvment in MOS, get so
upset over this. The only reason I can see is that they sense some malevolence in
AInc:s actions. If this is so, and AInc only fake a court case to stall the opposition, I
agree that it is bad business practice and worth the spite from the community. But if
*they* (Ainc) really think that there are IP-problems with MOS, and that those are severe
enough to hold up in court, they simply cannot let it go, at least not without some
agreement/licence/deal/rewrite with/of MOS to guard their property.
That's not malevolence, that's real life.
If AInc looses, well, I don't think they will go down in flames either.
AOS4 and MOS will compete for a while until one of them either branches off
into another market section or is left hopelessly behind. Oh well...
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SlimJim |
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