[Rant] AmigaOS + POP/PPC petition official web site | ANN.lu |
Posted on 06-Jun-2002 04:30 GMT by Seehund | 280 comments View flat View list |
AmigaPOP.8bit.co.uk is finally online!
Here you'll hopefully find all information you could possibly want about the "AmigaOS distribution policies and POP/PPC hardware petition". I hope the background information and FAQ will be especially helpful to clear up any confusion surrounding these issues.
If you have not yet signed the petition, then please do so now! Please help spreading the word by linking to AmigaPOP.8bit.co.uk. It's not too late to save our favourite OS and a unified POP-based hardware market!
In other news, I have finally managed to get in touch with the PetitionOnline.com administrators. The few abuse and sabotage attempts so far have been removed from the signatory listings. Not that any garbage would ever reach the recipient of our petition, but I understand some thought that it didn't look too good...
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AmigaOS + POP/PPC petition official web site : Comment 143 of 280 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Tbone on 07-Jun-2002 05:29 GMT | In reply to Comment 142 (Anders Kjeldsen): "I support the bundling. It will make the board "an amiga" and not just "any PPC board". "
"I don't understand why people are having problems paying that little extra for an OS."
Has nothing to do with the price, this is the goal we've been working for for years...
"The Amiga market cannot afford to split; we must go together. Together, in one direction. For us to keep the market alive it is necessary to assist many companies in developing products. Products through broad licensing. Our licensing policy will be very open, broad, and of course, simple. Licensing will be focused on standards, Amiga OS, chip sets, trademarks, boards, etc. Whatever you would like."
"The third basic element of the strategy is assisting in developing new products, based on open standards, through the home computer and video market. It is very important that we explore an open Amiga platform and use industry standard components. That would make our products cheaper to produce, faster to develop, and easier to upgrade."
Petro Tyschtschencko, Managing Director of Amiga International.
"In April, it became clear there were big problems with ESCOM, mainly from private mail from Stefan to me. He was looking for money to keep the project going. Later in April, Amiga Technologies dumped most of its technical staff. In May, I met with Mr. Domeyer, Andy, and another partner from Germany, Geerd Ebeling, and we formed PIOS. With the total collapse of ESCOM (which had been the second largest PC vendor in Germany), the Amiga technologies were being kicked loose, and the front-runner to buy them was apparently VIScorp. We met with VIScorp to discuss the idea of an Open Amiga platform. "
Dave Haynie.
"What we are is an attempt to bring the Amiga community together, to provide some focus, and a possible path into the future. We want to expand the platform, move it towards an open platform concept in both the hardware and the software arena, to see it push hard into those areas which are crying out for a simple, powerful, elegant solution. That is our agenda and we hope that the community will rally round and join us. We are no longer just consumers, we are adventurers and we want to ensure that the adventure continues."
excerpt from Jay Miner Society mission.
It's always been our vision, and now it's so close, but yet so far... |
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