[News] Next Pegasos production sold out | ANN.lu |
Posted on 07-Jun-2002 18:19 GMT by Christian Kemp | 280 comments View flat View list |
"From: Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck. We would like to announce that the next scheduled production of the Pegasos has been sold out. Boards have been set aside for friendly developers, but all others have been sold. Another production of the Pegasos will follow in July." [ Source: Email forward... - CK ]
Update: More information was posted in comment 52.
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Posted by Darrin on 10-Jun-2002 21:35 GMT | OK, I think it is quite clear that both sides have now put their cards on the table. We should thank Bill and Raquel (can't be bothered to look back and see how it's spelt... sorry) for making the Thendic/bPlan/MorphOS position perfectly clear...
OS4 is NEVER going to run on the Pegasos because bPlan DON'T WANT IT TO.
Thendic are concerned with selling the Pegasos mobo and don't give a damn what the hell runs on it as long as they can sell it. Their main target is BUSINESS, but (and that's the whole point of this PR exercise) if they can get a few frustrated ex-Amiga users to purchase a couple of hundred boards then all the better. This means more profit for them, but don't expect any support down the road as that is not their problem.
So, in summary, if you want to run OS4 then use an AmigaOne, Shark or Cyberstorm solution. If you want to run MOS then buy a Pegasos (when they eventually become available). If you buy a Pegasos in the hope that OS4 will eventually be released for it then I'll write this scenario for you:
Dealer: Hi Thendic? I want to buy 200 Pegasos mobos to market with OS4.x as an official AmigaPPC solution.
Thendic: Excellent, let me take your order and payment.
Dealer: Hi, Amiga Inc? I have 200 Pegasos mobos I want to sell with OS4 as an Amiga PPC solution.
Amiga Inc: Excellent. Here's the contact details for Hyperion. Send them a mobo with the required hardware documentation and they can adjust the OS and get a dongle manufactured.
Hyperion: Hi, Dealer? Thanks for the mobo, but we can't get bPlan to release the technical information we need on the Pegasos in order to get the OS to work.
Dealer: Hang on... let me call them.
Dealer: Hi, bPlan? Can you supply me with the technical information to produce an OS for your mobo?
bPlan: Why? You have MOS, what more do you want???!!!
Dealer: Well, I bought these things to get OS4 up and running on them and sell them as Amiga's, but Hyperion say you won't send them the info required.
bPlan: They are lying. We sent it a week ago.
Dealer: Well can you send it to me then and I'll send it to them again personally.
bPlan: Sure.
Dealer: Hello, bPlan? It's been a month and I'm still trying to get those details from you from Hyperion. You keep ignoring my emails and phonecalls.
bPlan: f*&% off you Amiga Inc loving scum.
Dealer: Hello, Thendic? bPlan won't send me the information I need to get OS4 ported to the Pegasos. Is there anything you can do?
Thendic: No, we just sell hardware. Sell it with MOS.
Dealer: Nobody want's it with MOS, they want OS4. I'll have to return them to you for credit.
Thendic: Sorry, no refunds. OS4 isn't our problem, we only sell hardware. Besides, we have your money now.
Dealer: But I only bought them to run OS4.
Thendic: Sorry, we only sell hardware.... we only sell hardware... we only sell hardware... we only sell hardware... |
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