| [Rant] osopinion: Close That Open Hardware! | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 12-Jun-2002 00:21 GMT by sutro | 169 comments
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| Posted by Tbone on 12-Jun-2002 10:05 GMT | In reply to Comment 26 (DaveW):
"I agree with Samface, I think Seehunds agenda from the start has been dubious and close minded even if he did something constructive about it ( petition ). "
I think those looking to place agenda's are the ones labeling people with perfectly legitimate concerns as having an "agenda." This isn't charity folks. What other product would you patron, when valid concerns you have about the product are dismissed?
"The petition has been used as a rallying cry for those with an axe to grind against Amiga Inc ( regardless of whether or not they have a clue about what they spin ). "
Nonsense, The petition is being used as a tool by the opposition to label those on the petition as any group those opposed to the petition happen to have an axe to grind with, wether they be MorphOS supporters, or they wear fur, or whatever. The petition has nothing to do with that.
"I think Amiga Inc are doing the right thing, ignoring the petition and not volunteering extra official clarification because the executive update is clear enough to those that read it without an agenda to find some reason to cause further trouble."
Again, this is not charity, AmigaOS is a product. Even charities I give to I expect more clarification about the details from.
We've already suffered damage from the current license. We've had developers, willing to donate time and effort to make AmigaOS run on more hardware turned away due to the license. This is a fact. Were the licensing different, we would be in a better situation with regards to platform longevity.
You could argue "All they had to do was license..." He's a -developer- people, developers don't market hardware! Therin lies a huge flaw in the license that hasn't been addressed. A license that turns people away is not good, we need all the help we can get, and we're already losing it.
Has everyone forgotten the past decade? In the "best case scenario" with regards to the current license, we will only have a subset of the POP platform available to us, just a subset that someone decides to support and become a VAR for. You people have argued that the POP platform is slow developing and small, what -more- reason not to limit yourself to a -subset- of that market, and not turn away willing developers?
As far as an "agenda" goes, If you consider not wanting to see AmigaOS fail to gain market acceptance, then maybe I do have an agenda. |
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