[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 154 of 280 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Tbone on 07-Jun-2002 06:57 GMT | In reply to Comment 152 (Björn Hagström): "No, only mobos that are licensed to run AOS4 must be sold with AOS4. A mobo, such as the AmigaONE, gets licensed by havign some extensions in the bios. If those extensions are not present then it cannot run AOS4 and thus won't be sold with AOS4."
"If the customer doesn't want AOS4 then he/she can buy a non licensed version of the hardware."
"It's that simple. "
Sure, simple... The Manufacturer has to take one board, and create a separate product line exclusively for the Amiga market. Wouldn't entering the Amiga market be more attractive to manufacturers if they didn't need to take this risk?
Any boards they can't sell, they must eat, as they're now "licensed" and bound by Amiga's license terms, and MUST be sold with OS4. Not an attractive business proposition from the Manufacturers POV.
Well, so far 1 manufacturer accepted the license, and they're an Amiga partner anyway... 2 manufacturers were turned away by the license.
2/3 boards so far we've lost, as options available to us users, due to this license, already. We're burning our bridges, and we're still on the wrong side of the river. |
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