[Rant] osopinion: Close That Open Hardware! | ANN.lu |
Posted on 12-Jun-2002 00:21 GMT by sutro | 169 comments View flat View list |
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osopinion: Close That Open Hardware! : Comment 150 of 169 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Adam Kowalczyk on 15-Jun-2002 21:53 GMT | In reply to Comment 148 (Janne Sirén): I do wish the petition was worded better and that it lacked the amibiguities. Regardless of the number of signees, it will be hard to take as a good form of feedback due to its flaws. The web page you go to to view the petition signees reads as follows:
"We endorse the AmigaOS(TM) distribution policies and PPC hardware Petition to Amiga Incorporated."
It's obvious you have to read the petition, but it should have been called something more anti-Amiga. Maybe something like: "We endorse the 'Holy Crap What Was Amiga Inc. Smoking when they came up with the Deal with the Devil Licensing Agreement'
> Clearly options like Pegasos and Barbie may have been lost due to the
> licensing, and the belief that this will hurt Amiga users is a valid opinion, > so technically that should not be in error."
bPlan/Thendic are as responsible for the Pegasos not running OS 4.0. The same argument or petition could be directed at bPlan/Thendic to accept the licensing agreement. The fact of the matter is they have different business goals, but I'm sure they don't mind picking up the odd ex-Amiga user to buy their hardware and run their Amiga software under MorphOS. I can speculate that the sales of the Pegasos board would go up if it ran OS 4.0. But bPlan/Thendic don't care about the Amiga market. Maybe they are the smart ones because they've moved on. I feel it makes more sense to support the companies that support Amiga. I do not see supporting the Pegasos (or any other board) in an unlicensed format as supporting Amiga and the Amiga OS and its users.
> If you do not believe there will be a POP market, or that we will lose
> options due to this policy then, by all means, do not sign the petition. If
> you believe options will be limited, do consider signing.
I do believe there will be a POP market....eventually. I buried some open source POP plans from IBM in my garden to see if a POP tree would grow. Maybe that's where these vendors are coming from. I won't be signing the petition as I don't see my options as limited. I don't consider the Barbie an option as it has less features than the AmigaOne. I don't consider the Pegasos an option due to "suspect" quality of assembly. It's like when you buy a car and get a lemon, well I got a lemon CSPPC and I have a hard time throwing good money after bad. Had the experience been more positive and if there were less occurences of failed DCE built CSPPC's, the shoe might be on a different foot. |
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