| Posted on 15-Jul-2003 12:55 GMT by Lewis Mistreated | 160 comments
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Amiga Inc. started out a competition giving the chance to graphix artists to see their pics published on the forthcoming AmigaOS 4.0 cd.
Contribute now and let the world know where Eric Schwartz came from! ;-)
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| Posted by Anonymous on 20-Jul-2003 15:12 GMT | In reply to Comment 151 (samface):
Where do you get your information? The MorphOS project was announced back in 1997.
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When was MorphOS a via option? Was this not within the past 2 years. Also, the PegasOS board associated with MorphOS was not a viable product until a year ago. PegasOS probably doesn't break any but depending upon the actions of MorphOS they may I've yet to see Amiga Inc. attempt to protect their intellectual property.
What actions have Amiga Inc. taken to stop either one? That's my point Amiga Inc. has the responsibility to defend the Amiga intellectual properties. Amiga Inc. is not free of input into this situation their actions and inactions have led to these problems. I'm not saying they're only at fault but they're definitely not fault free.
AROS project was started as early as 1993,
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Thanks as I said I didn't recall when it was started.
However, just because something was started prior to Amiga Inc. doesn't mean that Amiga Inc. can't do anything about it. Assuming they own the Amiga name and the intellectual rights associated with the operating system they can still take legal action against AROS and MorphOS. It's Amiga Inc's job to protect their intellectual property.
The decision to license the AmigaOS3.1 for emulation was a good decission because not licensing it wouldn't stop such emulators from existing.
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I completely agree with you. However, my point was never that it wasn't a good decision. My point was that Amiga Inc. has taken actions and inactions that have allowed the question of what is an Amiga User to come into being. Thus, Amiga Inc. has put their stamp on 2 systems Amiga hardware w/ Amiga OS or PC Clone hardware w/ Amiga Forever w/ Amiga OS. This has helped add to the division of what is an Amiga user. Thus, accordingly you don't have to use Amiga Hardware to be an Amiga User.
As for the Amiga user or not discussion, we need to seperate the terms Amiga users and Amiga community members.
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Don't know why you're jumping there. Your point was unclear why this supported or did not support what is an Amiga User. An Amiga User is someone that, at least, users Amiga Applications. A member of a community is someone that associates with other groups of people to help promote an idea. Yes, an Amiga User can not be part of the community and a person within the community can not be an Amiga User these 2 ideas aren't linked. However, your statement here doesn't lend itself to the definition of what an Amiga User is. It simply states a Amiga community member doesn't have to be an Amiga User -- Okay I accept that.
My definition of an Amiga user stands.
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Which appears to be Amiga Hardware w/ Amiga OS w/ Amiga Applications, if I'm wrong then what is your definition? It appears Amiga Inc. has removed the Amiga Hardware equation or perhaps not removed but changed it to 2 types, Amiga Hardware or PC Clone hardware, so as I had said your definition is not the definition used by all users. As some now classify themselves as Amiga Users when they solely use Amiga Applications but don't depend on Amiga Hardware or the Amiga OS.
As for who is a part of the Amiga community or not
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Not part of the discussion and respectively I'm going to stick to "What is an Amiga User".
BTW, Amiga Inc. isn't the only ones making promises and failing to keep them.
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I agree quite a few software and hardware companies have done this at various time. My point was Amiga Inc. isn't free of fault as your statements seemed to imply. So, please give Amiga Inc. their share of faults in the problem with what is an Amiga User in 2003. |
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