[News] Petition: AmigaOS distribution policies and PPC hardware | ANN.lu |
Posted on 25-May-2002 20:50 GMT by Seehund | 187 comments View flat View list |
There's a petition aimed at Amiga Inc. set up at http://www.petitiononline.com/amigaos/ for all those who disagree with Amiga Inc's presented plans regarding compulsory OS/hardware bundling and licensing.
An excerpt from the petition:
On April 12th, 2002, you, Amiga Inc., published your plans regarding distribution policies for the forthcoming AmigaOS4 in an "Executive Update" on your web site.
In short, what you say and what we the undersigned object against is this:
* Any hardware capable of running AmigaOS must first be modified with "AmigaOS specific extensions" to its "boot ROM" in order to be allowed to run AmigaOS.
* Such hardware and its distributors must be approved and licensed by Amiga Inc. and the hardware distributors must also sell and support AmigaOS4.
* AmigaOS will only be available bundled with such hardware.
We think that the above will seriously hurt AmigaOS users, the POP/PPC hardware market and thus ultimately you, Amiga Inc., yourselves.
To read the entire petition and sign it, please click here.
Before those imagining sides, factions, camps and personal enemies everywhere start commenting, it must be emphasised that this poll is not intended to "promote" anything else than the success of AmigaOS, the POP/PPC hardware market, free choice and ethical business practices.
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Posted by DaveW on 28-May-2002 02:49 GMT | Oh and the *irony* of it is that you still had to guess as to what I thought the flaws with the petition were even though I had gone into detail about it on here.
Thats just too funny.
Anyway Seehund, you will notice if you take time to read what has been posted here that I think the petition is a good idea what I take issue with is the lack of accuracy which as I have already said will do the petitions credibility no good.
Perhaps now you have put that petition together and eventually you will edit the sigs and send it to Amiga Inc you will stop blowing hot air on here about it all. With your track record of listening to what people have to say will you listen to what THEY have to say? Dubious.
I am not going to continue to repeat my points which you have not answered so thats it Seehund - yep you will never hear me criticise the petition again. So, when you have finished picking sand out of your feathers you wont have to avoid reading another word.
Enjoy.
Dave. |
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