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Posted on 07-Nov-2002 10:14 GMT by Vincent (Edited on 2002-11-07 11:34:20 GMT by Christian Kemp)13 comments
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Amiga Anywhere Info : Comment 11 of 13ANN.lu
Posted by blagghhh on 07-Nov-2002 19:00 GMT
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Exactly. This is what I've been saying since Amiga Inc. first announced their plans two years ago.
What actual _work_ do these guys do? They're not developers, so they are not really a software company, like they said over and over. "We don't do hardware, we only do software." Bullshit, they do neither. 3rd parties take on all expenses and risk, and, in the case of DE/AA games, sign over the product rights to Amiga. Why? So you can be fortunate enough to have the brand Amiga on your hard work, and Amiga Inc. will do their damndest to sell your product so both of you get some cash. Except they don't. The only way to get their products is on their poorly-designed web store. You can't buy new games through the DE/AA interface itself, something they implied was part of the upside of a Digital Environment, but no.
Amiga Inc. fails to live up to every promise or announcement they make. The only work they did on TAO intent to make it DE/AA was outsource some developers to add the agreements and brand. That's it; they still delivered it unfinished and continue to not promote it adequately, no updates to SDK, no true cross-platform compatibility. They've not been involved with advancing TAO's technology, not added anything new to it, not done a single line of code for OS4 themselves, botched Amithlon by not being organized and taking charge with H&P and other parties, failed to unite developers on either PDA or desktop initiatives, failed to negotiate a fair deal with MorphOS, resulting in more fractioning of the small market they had.
The products they've seen ship are mediocre at best, certainly anything of higher quality comes from other developers, who don't really need the unfair licensing deals. Say what you want about bPlan and Hyperion, they're getting the work done while Amiga sits and waits for others to do work for them for free. I consider that kind of business a crooked one.
I'd think much more of the Amiga brand if the people that owned it knew what they were doing. Ideas are a dime a dozen. Execution is what matters. These guys cannot execute. Hyperion, H & P, bPlan, Thendic, all seem to be moving forward, but are not working to the same goal, as companies that could help each other make money. Amiga failed to bring the remaining Amiga companies together. They sit by while many companies crash and burn, and do precious little to help or to act in a leadership role. They need to go, the products being worked on will still be released, but hopefully without the Amiga Inc. baggage.
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