[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 194 of 280 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Menthos on 07-Jun-2002 09:49 GMT | In reply to Comment 191 (Tbone): "They're preventing me from buying a compatible but unlicenses board, like the Barbie (which uses the same HAL/chipset drivers in linux as the A1) and pirating OS4 and running it, but they've also preventing me from purchasing it for that board! The manufacturer isn't interested in catering with 3rd party product lines, and I can't blame them. "
But where would you turn to for support for that board? Nowhere! Noone will have support for it because the manufacturer don't have any support for AmigaOS on the hardware and why should Amiga have support for it when the manufacturer don't care about running AmigaOS on it? I'm rather glad you pointed this out, because I was nearly about to forget this aspect... =)
And there is no restriction for anyone else to get a license for that hardware as long as they follow the license agreement...
So it is not Amiga you should put pressure on but the Amigadealers or the manufacturers...
/Menthos |
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