| [Rant] Open letter to Fleecy Moss and Amiga, Inc. | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 18-Mar-2003 15:16 GMT by Seehund | 83 comments
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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 Darrin on 18-Mar-2003 19:05 GMT | I could understand Seehund's deep rooted, perverted fetish with this petition of his IF OS4 was already out and available for its target machines (A1, Blizzard/CyberstormPPC). As it's not out yet then what the hell is the point of prattling on about a non-dongled version to run on alternative hardware?
There will be no magic single version of OS4 that will run on Macs, AmigaOne, Pegasos, Terron, etc. As someone pointed out, each version will need to be "tweaked" for the different hardware it will run on.
So what hardware is there to run it on?
AmigaOne - version coming soon.
Pegasos - 75% in the hands of Anti-Amiga fanatics who wouldn't buy a copy.
Classic Cyberstorm/BlizzardPPC - coming soon.
Mac - OS4 on a laptop!!!
Teron PX - don't hold your breath.
The only reasons at the moment for signing this petition is either to aquire a copy for a Pegasos which unfortunately will be instantly pirated and supplied to the MOS Trolls or for a Mac version to save someone buying new hardware (fair enough if they've paid for OS4).
For the moment, Hyperion need to concentrate on delivering OS4 to the announced hardware mediums. After that, I see no reason why they shouldn't consider a version for Mac hardware. I don't see a problem with them considering a Pegasos version either, but whatever platform they decide to support, they have the right to protect their project with a hardware dongle in order to secure sales and combat the "hobby" pirate. As this "dongle" is not going to be a life-threating device for an OS4 user, I see no reason to oppose its existance other than the user wishing to pirate the product. Yes, you can make lame excuses such as "I don't want to block one of my precious USB ports", etc, but that's just pathetic and as an arguement it doesn't hold water.
As far as a see, this is just a deliberate effort to convinve people that there's something "bad" about OS4, stir up hatred towards Hyperion and help the opposition. Yet another undercover operative exposed!!!
Of course, Seehund might really want a version to run on his Mac that he's willing to pay for, but attacking Hyperion for their OS4 roadmap and swamping the news sites with his disturbing obsession at every given opportunity it not going to win over the Frieden brothers... |
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