[Web] TeamAROS bounty program updated | ANN.lu |
Posted on 23-Jan-2004 02:30 GMT by Christophe Decanini | 79 comments View flat View list |
The teamAROS has set three new objectives in their bounty program:
- PCI driver, ata device and support of fat32.
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TeamAROS bounty program updated : Comment 68 of 79 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Seehund on 26-Jan-2004 20:53 GMT | In reply to Comment 66 (anon): >> But since there is a myriad of different PC
>> BIOS and motherboards, Hyperion couldn't support them all.
> Why would they have to support them all? As it is, they don't "Support them all"
> in the PPC world, so why would it be different for x86?
Precisely.
There seems to be some sort of binary thinking going on among certain groups of people in Amiga circles.
They think it's either "NO x86 hardware at all", or "ALL x86 hardware".
Another option like "support a viable subset" apparently doesn't exist.
Just as they think it's either "ONLY PPC hardware X AND ONLY when sold by this or that reseller", or "ALL PPC hardware".
"Support a viable subset and let users choose whether or not to buy it with a licensed trademark" doesn't fit in the binary world.
The same people also seem to think that all drivers must come from the OS developing company, by divine decree or something.
"Hyperion couldn't support them all."
Maybe it's got something to do with the misconception that there are still "Amigas". Apparently and for some inexplicable reason it's a fantastic idea to kill AmigaOS by only selling it bundled with these "Amigas", so a driver for a device (e.g. audio) mounted on a mobo MUST come from the OS vendor, and this device is apparently different from e.g. a PCI soundcard when it's "OK" to use a 3rd party driver (in which case it's naturally not a solution supported by the OS vendor). |
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