| [Rant] New Rant: "Community Take Control" at Class Of X | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 23-Jun-2002 00:53 GMT by Andy Hall | 17 comments
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Frustration at the current situation put into words, lots of them, some even forming coherent sentences.
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| Posted by Adam Kowalczyk on 23-Jun-2002 14:56 GMT | In reply to Comment 4 (Joe Consumer):
> Every customer has a right to express concerns about the product and it's
> issues with the Company itself. You people who are interfering with this
> process are in the wrong NOT because of what side you're on, but because
> you're interfering with a -normal- customer-to-company relationship. You have
> no right to disrupt a normal consumer relationship between Amiga and it's
> customers, if you don't have an issue with the way things are, that's great,
> but leave those who have complaints about a policy which affects THEM alone
> to deal with the company to try and resolve the issue THEY have.
How come other people spewing their oppinion is okay, yet my oppinion is considered interfering? How have I put myself between a consumer and Amiga Inc. What I'm stating is that people have to understand that until anything changes on Amiga Inc's side they'll have to buy a licensed board and this is how one supports the Amiga community. Is that too hard to understand? There are really only two solutions that I consider as valid options to run the Amiga OS, the Eyetech AmigaOne and the bPlan Pegasos. Until the number of available POP boards hits more than a half dozen or so, I don't feel like I've lost any options. As far as pricing goes, the AmigaOne is priced cheaper than a CSPPC and uses off the shelf hardware. Yes, there is a bit of a premium over x86 boards, but that's where the support for the Amiga companies comes into play. Amiga Inc. is a software company with agreements with other software and hardware vendors. They work in a symbiotic business relationship. Amiga Inc. cannot support running the OS on non-licensed boards if this hurts a key partner. If people aren't comfortable with the premium that will always be there for running an Amiga, then they might as well move to a PC and run UAE. How much choice do we need before we've spread the market too thin? In my oppinion two vendors would be nice, but Thendic/bPlan aren't interested.
"You people" need to talk to Thendic or possibly Merlancia about getting other POP boards running the OS under the appropriate licensing agreement. I agree with Amiga's licensing policy and do not see why they should have to give in to petitions. That's why I say it's time for the split. If the other POP boards come out and another company like Eyetech is interested in going through with the licensing, then we'll have another option. As consumers we do not have the same liberties as the x86 crowd that can purchase any number of motherboards. The diference is due to the volumes. In my oppinion, Eyetech has taken a financial risk for the Amiga community to provide a board that we can use for the OS. The same cannot be said for Thendic/bPlan who have their own business goals and have a board and an OS to sell to you as well.
You can take it, or leave it, or complain about it. Buying a licensed board supports Amiga Inc because it guarantees all three parties the just rewards. Selling an OS package doesn't support Amiga and it's partners to the same extent. Maybe when the established base of licensed Amiga boards is sufficient, they may decide to relax this, but until then I just don't see it happening. They are holding all the cards. If you really want OS 4.0, you'll have to buy a licensed board. Whereas I'm comfortable with the Eyetech Amigaone and it's successors, other's aren't. I'm not going to lose any sleep over the Pegasos not running OS 4.0. It would have been nice to see it as a licensed option for those who want to run OS 4.0 on it, but that's not completely Amiga Inc.'s fault. |
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