[News] The M-day has come! | ANN.lu |
Posted on 04-Oct-2002 13:57 GMT by Alkis Tsapanidis | 114 comments View flat View list |
Phase II Team Betatester and Betatester II, Frankfurt:
The Betatester Program has been very successful and we need to acknowledge the reliable support we have received from most of our Betatesters for the Pegasos and MorphOS. Thanks!
If you are a Core MorphOS Developer, a Qualified Betatester, or a Phase II Betatester (to be explained) we will organize and cover your travel and lodging expenses to the Betatester II Conference in Frankfurt, Germany. The Conference is currently scheduled for 12 October. We understand that we need to push the date back so that plans can be made and we can maximize the opportunity to make this gathering as meaningful and productive as possible. The new date will be 14-15 December at the Hilton Hotel, Frankfurt.
Get ready! M-Day is here!
1. On 12 October version 1.0 of MorphOS will be released to all Betatesters.
2. The week of 13 October the Pegasos Betatester mainboard will be released to Resellers. It is STILL a "Betatester."
3. On 12 October Phase II of Team Betatester will begin.
About the Betatester II Conference
If you are Core MorphOS Developer you are automatically included.
If you are a "qualified" Betatester (you have been sending your bug reports, testing applications, etc.) you are included.
If you purchase a Betatester in October and port an application or develop an original program for MorphOS to demonstrate at Betatester II you are *eligible* to be included.
If you have an interesting hardware development or special hardware skills required to test and experiment with the Pegasos you are *eligible* for Phase II of the Betatester Program and can be included.
If you are a Graphic Artist, a Demo Scene producer, or a Web Designer and you have something to show us that captures the spirit of the future we want to create with Team Betatester, you are *eligible* and can be included. The websites to be created are www.pegasosppc.com and www.pegasosppc.org.
We will provide travel and lodging for up to 100 Developers/Betatesters. To register and be considered you must email your full contact information to betatester@thendic-france.com before 20 October.
After 14 October Betatester machines can be purchased from these known distributors/resellers:
Master Distributors:
Germany http://www.vesalia.de
France http://www.aps.fr
Resellers:
France http://www.pegasos-france.com
Germany http://www.kdh-shop24.de
Spain http://www.amigasuperbit.com
Italy http://www.virtualworks.it
Holland http://www.compcity.nl
Poland http://efunzine.pegasos.pl/
Sweden http://www.ggsdata.se
Suisse http://www.pegasos-suisse.com
Denmark http://www.kiwimultimedia.dk
Austria http://www.pointdesign.at/
USA and Canada details coming soon!
Also at Betatester II...
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We will present the strategic plan for MorphOS, the Pegasos and the eclipsis.
We will present the first peripheral devices: a wireless camera, a smart card reader, and the DataPlay disc drive. They will all work with the Pegasos and depending on what activity each Betatester is involved with in the future these devices will be given to Betatesters for testing/development. All Betatesters will receive the Thendic card reader and a Betatester Smart Card that enables secure FTP access to the Betatester II application library and loyalty program.
We will also award 1000 Euros for the best program ported to MorphOS, the best Demo, and the best hardware innovation presented at the Conference. The results will be determined by a popular vote of the 100 Developers/Betatesters present and the Thendic/bplan Team. Each person has one vote.
The Conference begins at 1000 14 December. The formal presentations begin at 1500 and end at 1800. From 1000 to 1800 only Developers/Betatesters and the Thendic/bplan Team will be admitted. At 1800 until 2400 the Conference will be open to all interested parties and a buffet style "working" dinner will be provided with coffee and drinks. All others admitted for the evening demonstration from will receive a Betatester II T-Shirt. The cost of entry for interested parties is 20 Euros. However, anyone having purchased a Betatester and not already a Conference participant will be admitted free.
Sunday, 15 December the Conference will be open from 1000 until 1500. The voting for the contests will be at 1200. The cost of entry for interested parties is 20 Euros. A buffet lunch will be served and coffee and drinks will be provided. Again, anyone having purchased a Betatester and not already a Conference participant will be admitted free.
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Posted by Anonymous on 08-Oct-2002 11:12 GMT | In reply to Comment 103 (Me again...): >>Shall i remember you again that you are ignorant? Of laws and of businesses that
>>is. Most stuff is made with "other" peoples money and work. The point is, that
>>it *is* Amiga continued by Amiga people. AND the two development crews are
>>working together in various aspects which was stated on several occasions.
>Shall I remember you that calling people ignorant is a form of insult and >doesn't add any value to your statements.
He (you? dont know) showed clearly lacking knowledge how businesses and laws work. Whats the correct term for this if it isnt 'ignorant'?
> You are missing completely the point at all.
Oh am I?
> Fact: Amiga inc publicly said that they didn't wanted to do AmigaOS
They did. They changed their opinion. You never do that ofcourse.
> Fact: Amiga inc is not doing AmigaOS
With own personal you mean. I didnt claim that either.
> Fact: Eyetech and Hyperion are doing Harware and Software
Which are by my best knowledge Amiga people (not Amiga Inc.). Exactly what I said.
> Fact: Amiga inc is allowing them to name that product Amiga.
Not quite right. The product is, was and will be AmigaOS. Ofcourse its named AmigaOS. Amiga Inc is granting them the rights to whatever is Amiga IP is necessary.
> Fact: Hyperion and Eyetech needs as much support as they can get.
So? Isnt that obvious?
> Fact: Amiga inc is wasting money and time in an already oversaturated and
> dominated by SUN/M$ VM market...
Thats BS. If they hadnt a promising plan like they do there would be no money to spend anywhere. The PC market itself is oversaturated, so why didnt we stop using Amigas long ago? Because we believe there must be something better possible.
> Fact: where are all of those system running the myriad of DE software that
> Amiga ing was Hyping???? (My PDA stills run PalmOS, my Apps are Win32 native
> ansd some are still JAVA, and there's also a .NET app in the office! and my
> Sony phone is M$ powered...)
It was clear from the start that this development will take time.
> But wait I'm an ignorant who states things that are publictly know! what a
> foul! what a shame! I refuse to see reallity!
Ummm. Ok.
> Come on man say something different! M$ already owns everything if not what
> 92% of the Personal computers in the planet mean to you????
So your point is? Drop anything not owned by MS? Why then develop even another flop OS?
I wonder why you even posted? You didnt defeat the one point in my post, you didnt even argue with it. |
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