[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 38 of 169 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Samface on 12-Jun-2002 10:42 GMT | In reply to Comment 36 (Seehund): Seehund, what world are you living in? I mean, tell me this:
How do you get Windows to support your hardware *without* beeing IA32 and open firmware compatible? You don't. It's one of the *requirements* in order to run Windows just like the license and the ROM code is a requirement in order to run AmigaOS. The difference is that there is no POP based open firmware which forces AmigaOS4 to have a specific HAL for each motherboard. This cannot be made without some kind of cooperation between the software developer and the hardware developer and this is why they made this license in order to *enable* anyone to apply for AmigaOS4 support.
You explained how things are done in the Windows world, please snap out of it and realize that the POP world isn't the same thing. AmigaOS isn't Windows and POP doesn't equal IA32 and open firmware. |
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