[News] MorphOS, the Pegasos, and other PPC Operating Systems and Platforms | ANN.lu |
Posted on 22-Oct-2002 07:30 GMT by Jedi | 137 comments View flat View list |
By Thendic-France on MorphOS-News.de :
"In complete cooperation with Mai Logic, we have loaded the bplan OpenFirmware on both the Teron CX and PX. MorphOS runs well on both boards. The Pegasos was developed as a open hardware platform right from the beginning; it uses a BIOS to simplify a port of any operating system to the platform. This OpenFirmware is a well known standard (IEEE1275) and is used worldwide by companies like SUN Microsystems, Apple, Cisco, IBM, Motorola and others. We will support any OS vendor willing to port their software to our platform and will allow them to use our retail channels to sell their products..."
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Posted by Anonymous on 23-Oct-2002 13:04 GMT | In reply to Comment 93 (Anon - I hope to be welcome after the "vacation" ;): > And ANOTHER one totally ignoring what the post he replies to said, yapping away with the exact same stuff that was refuted. Sigh!
Yup, your really ignoring what was said before and come up with things that arent valid.
> Numbnuts, that was addressed in the original post, you even quoted it before a non-sequitur response about how "common" it is to "lock software to hardware": "You simply do not need to have hardware distributors license their products, modify/supply them with h/w-license mechanisms and become distributors of your software product to achieve this. " Which is 100% true and fscking self explanatory.
Keeps your insults to yourself. Who cares if you "do not need to"?? It *is* common to lock software to specific hardware.
> Feel like addressing THAT instead of just REPEATING exactly what's being argued against?
>> " That whats the licensing process is about and anyone could apply for their own license for their hardware solution. "
> No shit Sherlock. The point is that nobody applies for such licenses. There's no incentive, only obligations.
Sure, let Amiga Inc take all the obligations that AmigaOS runs on every hardware a user wishes to try.
>> "Because it would be a too big an effort to support any possible hardware."
> It must run on as much hardware as possible, period, and be open to ports to any feasible hardware without compulsory licensing requirements in the way.
Why "must" it be? Care to explain?
> AmigaOS is the product, it needs to be sold, and a product needs the largest possible market. Keyword: Possible (or feasible, rather). It wouldn't even have to be Hyperion who did the job if they don't feel like it, and customer support for HARDWARE is provided by, surprise surprise, HARDWARE vendors.
Oh right. Ofcourse hardware vendors provide customer support for AmigaOS when they dont event want Amiga Inc to certify compatibility. Right on man.
>> The rest is of your post is utter "nonsense" as well. Next time bring facts
>> and not only your opinion.
> So you brought facts then? Right. As far as I'm concerned it seems like you're supporting competing options by being against the most basic prerequisite for AmigaOS to survive. But that's just my opinion, and we don't want opinions here, do we?
My opinion is that your opinion is plain wrong. You didnt bring any facts and that was my fact.
>> Now tell me again Apple doesnt lock its software to specific hardware.
> Who said that they don't? (Well, they don't technically, but that's another can of worms.)
> It's Apple's hardware, they make a living on selling Macs. Sure as fsck they "lock" their software to THEIR hardware. AInc or Hyperion don't have any hardware of their own.
Ah, so you agree with me, it is common to lock software to hardware.
> I DON'T want a piece of what you're smoking! I doubt I could handle that kind of alternate reality. Anyone is free to run anything they damn please on a Mac. Again, Apple makes a living on their hardware. If you buy it, yo're free to run Linux on it, port Atari STOS to it or use it as a boat anchor, or *GASP* port AmigaOS to it. Hell, NEW Macs are even sold with Linux preinstalled on them FFS! Does the "theoretically" only apply if one abuses hallucinogenic substances?
Did i mention anywhere locking hardware to software? Do you always artificially heat up and then entirely miss the point? |
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