[Forum] Serious bug in IBrowse 2.3 | ANN.lu |
Posted on 03-Feb-2003 22:33 GMT by catohagen | 69 comments View flat View list |
IBrowse 2.3 falsely claims MorphOS system is using AmigaOS.
Particularily misleading since MorphOS systems are reported as running AmigaOS 4.0 !!.
There exists a crude hack that just replace all "AmigaOS" strings with "MorphOS", and
"3.1", "3.5" and "3.9" with "1.1" or "1.2". Better solution should be provided by the IBrowse authors.
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Posted by Jupp3 on 04-Feb-2003 14:58 GMT | In reply to Comment 14 ([JC]): [quote]
If making an OS run apps at API level from a completely different OS was so grey area, Microsoft would've sued the authors of WINE by now several times over.
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Very true, but there's a lot better example of the same, involving Microsoft aswell...
The Lindows case.
Yep, they were threatened with legal action. NOT becouse of compatibility with their own OS (They knew, they couldn't win that) but becouse of the name.
Why?
Maybe to scare the developers, OR more like, postpone the release of Lindows, while Windows would be gaining larger user base, while the case had been handled in the court.
But luckily, the authors weren't that easily scared, and guess, which side won?
If you ask me, that's what Amiga inc. tried to do with those empty threats; Either scare the developers and/or buy some time for themselves |
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