[Rant] osopinion: Close That Open Hardware! | ANN.lu |
Posted on 12-Jun-2002 00:21 GMT by sutro | 169 comments View flat View list |
A rather unispired article at best. Read
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Posted by Samface on 12-Jun-2002 09:11 GMT | In reply to Comment 14 (Seehund): 1. What you read at amiga.com is a statement explaining the license agreement terms, not the actual license. If you have concerns about it, contact Amiga Inc. for a clarification. Have you tried that yet? I didn't think so.
2. It's NOT restricting AmigaOS4 from running from running on specific hardware, it's *enabling* AmigaOS4 to run on whatever hardware. All it takes is an application sent in to Amiga Inc. for a license. Those NOT applying for a license is the ones restricting their hardware, not Amiga Inc. It's a *fact* that they cannot make hardware support without cooperation from the hardware manufacturer. An "open hardware" OS based on POP is an impossible dream of yours.
3. Please stop making up lies such as only one "new" hardware is supported, I thought you said you have read the announcement at Amiga.com? Get your facts straight...
4. Without the license, Amiga Inc. will have to make individual partnership agreements with each hardware manufacturer if they want AmigaOS4 to support (this is the way they made it before, remember?). Do you really think such policy will bring more hardware options to the end user? I simply don't see it, this way *anyone* can get AmigaOS4 support for their hardware with only a simple license agreement.
Again, Seehund. Your petition is based on FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) simply because most of your arguments are based on just that. You haven't even contacted Amiga Inc. to confront them with your arguments and all you have is an announcement on their webpage trying to explain the actual license in easier and simplified wording. That's not very professional, you know... |
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