[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 149 of 280 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Anonymous on 07-Jun-2002 06:33 GMT | In reply to Comment 147 (Björn Hagström): Any company which agrees to these terms can sell only to Amiga users. Not because of the terms themselves, but because of the costs associated with complying. No-one else will pay for the extra hardware and software required by the agreement. Making the additional hardware "optional" is a joke that would push manufacturing costs further through the roof.
Eyetech never intended to sell to anyone else (still don't, the LinuxOne is vapour like the A1200 PCI card) so they can agree to these terms readily. Everyone else will reject this plan and any similarly arrogant plan in the future.
The only question remaining is, how well will the AmigaOne sell when it eventually arrives ? We can't answer that question for some months yet. |
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