[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 13:51 GMT | In reply to Comment 99 (takemehomegrandma): "No it won't! And you know, it only has to be cracked once, and then the whole dongle thing is totally obsolete..."
People are making way too much out of this issue. Let's face it, if it's in the interest of these parties to increase revenue (and it is) they will come to an agreement.
It really comes down to the fact that OS4 and MorphOS have dongles - you basically need to buy the boards to make it worth using. Existing PPC board users that don't want to pay for either OS will simply find a way to run an illegal copy. They are a lost cause.
And how many people buying new hardware are going to pick up a bare board just to avoid paying for the OS? Instead or worrying about losing sales to people that wouldn't spend a nickel to see an earthquake, it's more productive to encourage people to make honest purchases. |
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