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Posted on 14-Aug-2002 11:25 GMT by Gunne Steen46 comments
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This is a first announcement of the first showplace of the Pegasos-computer in Sweden and in Scandinavia. Pegasos Gothenburg Show 2002 will be held on Sunday 22 September. On the show you will se Pegasos demonstrated and working for the first time here. Pegasos is a dual G3/G4/G5 MicroATX computer. At the moment it is possible to run either MorphOS or Linux operatingsystem on it. Organizer of the event is GGS-Data in co-operation with Thendic-France and betatesters of Pegasos from Sweden. Thendic as well as other important persons behind the Pegasos will join the show. More information will follow soon. Welcome ! Gunne Steen for GGS-Data
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Pegasos Gothenburg Show 2002 : Comment 44 of 46ANN.lu
Posted by DaveW on 15-Aug-2002 06:10 GMT
In reply to Comment 43 (Seehund):
I think AInc hope that:
It will be that an Amiga is any bit of hardware capable of running AmigaOS without error
at satisfactory speeds that has a license. By adhering to the license there is an emphasis
on credible suppliers with after sales support so the word Amiga could become synonymous with
quality.
Without brand control and certification they could not achieve that unless all development
and system assembly was in house ( a la C= and Apple ) which they clearly cannot afford.
Its not open source to random PPC board manufacturer X cannot just hack AmigaOS so
it runs on their hardware and sell an Amiga ( fair enough ). Because the license at the
moment costs no money ( it might in the future if the branding and OS becomes popular )
its an ideal time for someone to get on board who is confident that their PPC hardware
will be able to run AmigaOS trouble free.
Sure AInc might make money out of licensing in the future and Hyperion as the official
port to new platforms development house but I think thats all fair and reasonable.
And, if you sell a branded Amiga the fact that it boots AmigaOS by default and ships
probably only with AmigaOS is very sensible. Optional extras like Linux and MorphOS could
be bought off the shelf.
Because person X bought random PPC board rather than a branded Amiga the fact that they
cannot run AmigaOS on it causes me no heartache whatsoever, it might be in the future
that there are aftermarket upgrade schemes but thats for the brand holder - Amiga Inc
- to decide.
Fact is if someone wants to run just MorphOS or LinuxOS then they arent going to buy
an Amiga branded board.
If they want to run AmigaOS later they will buy an Amiga branded board.
Whats the beef?
Only the competition that thought they could sell AmigaOS compatible machines that
booted with their own OS first ( was also compulsary ) get shafted and really that is no
big deal.
Its companies playing hardball with each other, nothing to get upset about. I dont
think Amiga Inc is artificially limiting the potential uptake of AmigaOS in this iteration
at all. I really dont see that vast myriads of free software bigots that *might* invest
in PPC hardware that *isnt* AmigaOS enabled suddenly swallowing their principles overnight
and wanting to later on install a non free OS. This argument doesnt wash at all.
The only argument that has any credibility is any competition that wanted to sell
their own competitive OS under the "Amiga" brand - using the "startup real-estate" ( that
Microsoft is so fond of ) mechanism.
Dave.
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