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Posted on 04-Mar-2004 00:05 GMT by Rich Woods | 216 comments View flat View list |
Thendic-Amiga Court Case - Latest Motions
DECLARATION of Bill Buck filed by Plaintiff Thendic Electronics Components re 49 MOTION to modify order (RS, ) (Entered: 03/03/2004)
MOTION by Plaintiff Thendic Electronics Components to modify the order granting specific performance. Noting Date 3/19/2004. (Attachments: # 1 note for motion# 2 Proposed Order)(RS, ) (Entered: 03/03/2004)
DECLARATION of Bill Buck filed by Plaintiff Thendic Electronics Components re 49
MOTION to modify order (RS, ) (Entered: 03/03/2004)
MOTION by Plaintiff Thendic Electronics Components to modify the order granting specific performance. Noting Date 3/19/2004. (Attachments: # 1
note for motion
#2 Proposed Order (RS, ) (Entered: 03/03/2004)
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Posted by Anonymous on 04-Mar-2004 15:33 GMT | In reply to Comment 62 (Jan Smite): Lets assume BBRV/Genesi win, with their wishes being granted by US courts.
1. Where does that leave Hyperion?
In a cold, dark night. Their work in hands of the competition for free and nodoby to pay for it. Perhaps BB will hire them to mantain the OS, since they know it better, but then what about MOS team?
"4. We can sublicense Hyperion for less than they have agreed to pay -- that is, if we can all get along."
http://www.flyingmice.com/cgi-bin/squidcgi/mbmessage.pl/amiga/98063.shtml
2. Where does it leave people with A1 based systems?
At expenses of Bill Buck whishes. Or running Linux on an expensive PPC mobo :/
OS4.0 will propably come for Terons and Blizzard And Cyberstorm. But then - later versions?
3. Where the hell is OS 4.2 going to come from? Is it going to be MOS based? Is it going to be a license of OS4 from Hyperion with additions by unknown other people? (MOS perhaps? AROS?)
With Buck having the right to use Amiga name and OS on its machines? No MOS anymore, in my opinion. Regarding Hyperion license, that would be funny to see: Hyperion getting a license on their own work!!
Look here: http://pegasosppc.com/operating_systems.php
Very many OS. Even AROS and MorphOS on the same page even when they are so similar. MorphOS is Genesi product, OS4 is Hyperions. Hyperion develop and pay for development, they sell it and get money for it, and they licence the right and Amiga brand from Genesi at better price then before. They can also sell it on hardware that WORKS (the Pegasos) and many customers will like that. :)
4. Will it mean that the Pegasos gets Amiga branded as well as being the Pegasos line?
I really think so. He didn't want Amiga name nor Amiga community nor Amiga OS, but have you seen the amount of effort he's putting in doing quite the opposite?
Pegasos is an component for system builders. If someone wants to sell an "Amiga" based on Pegasos - with any Pegasos OS (even Hyperion OS4?) or IP - they sublicence the brand from Genesi. Genesi pay royaltie to Amiga Inc for each product sold and make some bucks for sublicencing it on. MorphOS is still there and the Pegasos.
5. Will Genesi hook back into the Amiga community they said they left/wanted to leave?
See previous answer.
They didnt want to leave forums but would not disturb the webmasters they did not pay. When payed they will maybe come back! :)
6. What legal issues will occur from angles not currently seen (Gateway? EU law? Other issues?)
I think Gateway has nothing to tell about all this story, they sold all Amiga IP to Amino, except for a pair of hardware patents. As for EU laws, I don't know.
Exactly - Getaway is not the one Genesi signed the contract with so they cant say anything.
7. Given Genesi's current financial, no wait, let me rephrase- Rough estimated financial position, are they in a good position to actually use what they have won in court?
AFAIR, Bill McEwen paid up to 5 million dollar for Amiga. Buck will get it nearly for free. If the whole situation ends with Amiga Inc bankrucpy, Buck can even claim IP adquired by Amino from Gateway as payment of all legal expenses. So he would end with Amiga at his hands :(
Genesi will not make Amigas, Hyperion and Eyetech and other (AROS?) will make amiga. They pay for development and licence the name from Genesi. All wins! Even Amiga Inc. who get royaltie money from Genesi.
I think now is really the time to both Hyperion and Eyetech to think about a joint effort in order to keep their rights and their respective works.
I think now is really time to Hyperion and Eyetech starts forgetting the past and start planning for united future instead of split future. If all come together, all will win! :) If not then its their fault! :( |
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