[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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Petition: AmigaOS distribution policies and PPC hardware : Comment 71 of 187 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Seehund on 26-May-2002 10:58 GMT | In reply to Comment 38 (SlimJim): SlimJim:
> It has to be said that I think Seehund /is/ going about this the right way.
> That I don't agree with him, is another matter entirely.
Thanks, I wish more people would see it this way.
If you agree with the petition, please sign it. If you disagree, don't sign it.
Simple really.
All I ask is that you read what it says, try to understand the reasoning behind it, disregard any sympathies or antipathies and meaningless flamewars, form your own opinion and come to a decision based on that. This is not generally for or against any specific company, entity or product. It's sad that this needs to be pointed out. Think for yourselves.
I'll not repeat what's already there for everyone to read (and the same way I wish some people would stop merely repeating what's in the April executive update as counterpoints. We who disagree already know those points, it'd be kinda difficult to object against them otherwise...).
Regarding the abusive comments some have added with their signatures, they'll naturally be removed before it's handed over. Take your silly flamewars and factions elsewhere.
(BTW, why hasn't this been moderated to "Forum"? Is it really a less interesting or on-topic article than e.g. whether the Eurovision Song Contest featured red and white chequered images?) |
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