[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 200 of 280 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Mika Hanhijärvi on 07-Jun-2002 10:07 GMT | As I said earlier in another similar thread I will not sign petitions like that now. I think this is not right time for petitions like that. Personally I aggree fully with ben Hermans. I think it's important that AmigaInc/Hyperion make sure tht if you buy AmigaOne then you will automaticly buy OS4 too. that's the whole point of Amiga's distribution policy in this case. Ben hermans sayd like this and I have to say I aggree it 100%.
"The OEM policy adopted by Amiga at least means that every time you buy an
AmigaOne, you're buying AmigaOS 4 and are thereby compensating the hard
work of some 30 developers.
It's imperative that piracy of OS 4 is kept to a bare minimum because without
the much needed revenues, we cannot guarantee further development of OS 4.
Hyperion is a commercial company with full-time professional developers which
is your best guarantee for a good product.
If OS 4 were to be sold separately, piracy would again be rampant and would eat
deeply into the already uncertain revenues of OS 4.
This is a far bigger threat to the platform's continued existence than the
rather theoretical appearance of yet another POP solution at an affordable
price which would not be certified in some way or another by Amiga. " |
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