[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 strobe on 23-Oct-2002 18:37 GMT | In reply to Comment 74 (Seehund): Everybody ought to click on the "Comment 74" link above. Seehund nailed several points on the head.
You Amiga apologists make me feel ill. Can't you think for yourselves instead of repeating all of Amiga Inc.'s excuses?
Think about it, what is the difference between Amiga Inc. or Hyperion releasing AmigaOS 4 shrink wrapped with a USB dongle versus bPlan selling a Pegasos bundled with AmigaOS with a USB dongle? It certainly isn't piracy fears. (Heck all this discussion over dongles is ridiculous, why not just register the OS within the first month of use? I submit that would be a more effective piracy control than an expensive USB dongle.)
AmigaOne and Pegasos use the same chip set. The QA concerns are also ridiculous.
What this is REALLY about is control over the hardware and the hardware companies. bPlan doing something Amiga Inc. et al doesn't like? Yank the license!
Let's say AOS4 runs on the Pegasos because it is licensed to run on it, then the Pegasos2 comes out. Well the Pegasos2 isn't licensed is it? That means you'll have to fooking BEG for a new license all over again. If bPlan goes alone with this nazi license system they would be at Amiga's mercy. This is ludicrous! |
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