[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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Comment 1 | Alkis Tsapanidis | | 11-Jun-2002 22:36 GMT |
Comment 2 | TBone | | 11-Jun-2002 23:31 GMT |
Comment 3 | [JC] | | 11-Jun-2002 23:31 GMT |
Comment 4 | gz | | 12-Jun-2002 00:16 GMT |
Comment 5 | Adam Kowalczyk | | 12-Jun-2002 00:24 GMT |
Comment 6 | Marcus Sundman | | 12-Jun-2002 00:51 GMT |
Comment 7 | Björn Hagström | | 12-Jun-2002 02:59 GMT |
Comment 8 | Adam Kowalczyk | | 12-Jun-2002 03:00 GMT |
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Posted by gz on 12-Jun-2002 04:27 GMT | In reply to Comment 8 (Adam Kowalczyk): It is true that amiga inc have "enabled" hyperion to bring us the long awaited os4 by not refusing from a win,win contract proposed by mr.Hermans.
AI were supposed to be making the os4 and they approached MorphOS team in the hopes of using that as the basis of their new os (aswell as the coding talents of the MOS team) However it seems that the team weren't fond of the idea of AI calling them up and saying "we could work together by us lending our name to your os, if you give us 50% of the profits when it's sold" Or something like that... The bottom line is that it didn't work out as AI had planned. For reasons unknown to human beings AI kept secret about the bumps on their roadmap that had occurred and they insisted that os4 was on it's way and even insisted on the release date to stay the same even they had noone working on it. Time wen't on and AI kept quiet while the promised last date was getting nearer and the unease kept rising among the community. Finally the date went past and just in time hyperion approached and showed interest in taking part on the project. A plan was made, hyperion would get the rights to develop the os as they saw fit and even in the case of AI going bankrupt they would still have the rights to continue developing it. What does this mean? It means a superb deal for amiga inc. Not only they don't have to do ANYTHING as hyperion does all the work for them but also they have to pay amiga inc their share of the bargain for each copy sold.
So in a nutshell: Hyperion approaches AI and says they will research, develop, give their expertise, handle the future projects aswell (updates, bugfixes etc.) And the best part of the plan is that AI don't have to pay a dime for all this expensive and time consuming work, yet they still get their os4 and their money from it aaand manage to keep us punters happy in the process. They would have been mad not to accept. But why on earth should they get my gratitude for signing the deal with hyperion? It's not that they would have done anything else than secured their wallets for free in a foolproof way as hyperion wanted os4 for their own agendas to materialize.
Thats like I was being admired and shouldertapped for being a kind soul enough to buy a vaccuum cleaner from a door to door salesman if he offered me money for accepting to take his vaccuum cleaner.
History shows there have always been people who for some reason need a leader which they can follow and look up to. I'm not saying you are one of those people as you have good points in your views, but I cannot understand why it is so noble in some ppl's opinion that AI signed the deal with hyperion. And especially why they should be congratulated for making a decicion even a rabid dog would have accepted.
I for one have lost all my faith for AI's intentions. I believe they bought the name for the de only and to have a ready base out of which to launch it. All of their actions support that theory. I would be a lot more happy about amiga's future if hyperion would be the amiga trademark owner and I believe even those who disagree with all of my other views, agree with me on this one. |
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