[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 252 of 280 | ANN.lu |
Posted by KenH on 07-Jun-2002 22:26 GMT | In reply to Comment 197 (Tbone): >If that's the purpose, to create a "Good ole boy's club" between Amiga/Eyetech/Hyperion, then I'm doubly against it!
I'm sorry, but it's comments like this that illustrate the "in one ear and out the other" mindset of people who aren't prepared to listen to the other side.
Plainly it's been said time and time again that anyone who wants to take part in the liscencing scheme can do so provided they insure a quality package. That's it! Nothing more, nothing less. If you go to the trouble of applying for a licence, then it's quite obvious that you want to sell OS4 with it.
People keep thinking that the main point of the scheme is to prevent piracy. Not true. This policy is quite ingenious really as it doesn't restrict the hardware side, but it controls it. Control is vital for quality. If the OS was sold willy nilly then crashes will be more common. More crashes mean more dis-satisfied customers. Dis-satisfied customers mean a bad rep (look at MS). I personally want something that is guaranteed to work with the hardware I buy. |
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