[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 74 of 79 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Seehund on 27-Jan-2004 07:44 GMT | In reply to Comment 72 (EyeAm): ... an Amiga company completely uncaring as to what the Amiga OS runs on (so long as they're selling OS boxes)--giving warranty only to those on a list of tested motherboards... This is the direction it needs to go.
Cool, you Get It! :)
What you're saying is of course applicable and even more essential to a PPC AmigaOS, where there are rather few (understatement of the year?) viable hardware and vendor options compared to x86 already. We have Macs, and on the fringe there are things like Pegasoses and Terons.
I don't agree about the "special BIOS/ROM for AmigaOS" bit though. What good would that do? Display the word "Amiga" in the POST screen? :) It's entirely pointless, and it requires extra development for each supported piece of hardware plus modification of that hardware. Companies like Award and Phoenix spend wads of cash and man-years on making perfectly fine firmware already, let them and the hardware companies worry about making hardware. Amiga (the company and the current "Amiga concept") has nothing to do with hardware any longer.
Sure, if the OS distribution scheme was anywhere near anything sane, and the OS was available for Hardware X both separately in a shrinkwrapped box and as a licensed + bundled OEM option, then it might not be such a stupid idea to have the licensed hardware option made "special" in some way. But then again, just like in the fatally sick current situation of compulsory licensing with no options, any "extra" requirements on the hardware/licensees will make for fewer or no hardware options/licensees. |
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