[News] "Berniethlon" - The End | ANN.lu |
Posted on 01-Dec-2002 18:46 GMT by Gareth Knight (Edited on 2002-12-01 21:44:11 GMT by Christian Kemp) | 221 comments View flat View list |
"It saddens me greatly to announce that, effective today, any of my Amiga-related software development has been mothballed indefinitely. This means that, pending any unexpected developments, there won't be any "Amithlon v2" (aka "Berniethlon"), nor any further support or add ons for "Amithlon v1" by me."
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Posted by Anonymous on 02-Dec-2002 04:01 GMT | In reply to Comment 119 (Mike Veroukis): >H&P are SCUM! I say we boycott ALL their software and I refuse to buy anything
>from ANY dealer who also sells H&P products! Just say NO to H&P. They have
>caused more problems within the community then any other company I've ever
>seen. I wish they could just go away and not bother the Amiga community any
>more.
As you said, please stop the name calling. And please try to refresh your memory before going ahead with such remarks as this one. Oh how short the memory seems to be for some people.
H&P may have done a controversial thing or two in the past (and the latest situation with Bernie is certainly very unfortunate), but there was a time when H&P were the good guys and Phase 5 were the scum (not that they really were scum)... WarpOS, anyone?
And there was a time when H&P brought us OS 3.5, and later OS 3.9 - stuff that has been attributed as an Amiga Inc. success story (even though they did nothing for it)... StormC has been an important development tool and H&P have brought us a bunch of other interesting software as well. More than any other Amiga developer in recent years, I believe.
Now, blame them for their mistakes, that is fine. Question their sincerity if you must. Boycott them if that is what you think you should do. But please don't rewrite the history. H&P is a business, but they were also one of the few beacons of hope for the Amiga community through the latter half of the 1990s. They delivered when very few others did.
H&P believe they have a case. No one seems to be willing to take them to court for it. I feel for Bernie, I really do, and my sympathies are with him rather than H&P. I don't know the truth, but I'm inclined to believe Bernie has a point. However, a fact still remains: H&P has been a very important member of this community and we should at least acknowledge that even if we blast them for what they've done now.
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