[Rant] Open letter to Fleecy Moss and Amiga, Inc. | ANN.lu |
Posted on 18-Mar-2003 15:16 GMT by Seehund | 83 comments View flat View list |
I sent Amiga, Inc. and Fleecy Moss an open letter in response to his statements on AmigaWorld.net and in Total Amiga Magazine about the hardware market restrictions imposed on AmigaOS. You can read it here.
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Posted by anonymous on 18-Mar-2003 16:37 GMT | This is patently stupid.
Those that object to this measure have their own ulterior motives and none of them provide a convincing argument why anti-piracy provisions should be eliminated:
1. A desire to run OS4 on another platform: anti-piracy measures are irrelevant -- if the code does not support other architectures it simply will not work. Consumer demand will determine if and when additional systems are supported.
2. The requirement dissuades companies from developing additional Amiga solutions: the licensing agreement is not onerous, the reality is that there are no vendors lining up and showing interest in producing additional hardware. No one has abandoned the market as a result of this requirement.
3. Anti-piracy measures are futile: there are certainly no guarantees that any anti-piracy solution will be effective in the long run but it does allow the existing vendors to transparently protect their investment.
4. Moral outrage: OS4 is a commercial product, not freeware or open source. If you have a fundamental issue with anti-piracy measures then this solution is not for you -- there are ample alternatives.
5. You're a MOS troll: let's face it, anti-piracy measures don't prevent you from running OS4 on your Pegasos, Genesi does - and the MOS/Pegasos tandem is virtually identical -- you may not have anti-piracy measures built in to the hardware but you're buying the operating system and the hardware from the same source. |
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