Sorry for being Anon people. I'm just too lazy to
register right now to make one small comment.
But all i've read since Amiga said they will have
a booth is gloom and doom and talk of takeovers.
Christ wake up. Yeah, M$ would love to get ahold
of the DE but fact is they can't and they arent
trying to. They are just showing the DE running
on a bunch of devices. Which we all knew and
expected the DE would do! How many OS's does the
DE already run on? Amiga (4.x), Windows, Linux,
MAC never made it, how many else? Not to mention
the devices its capable of running.
How does that translate into a takeover? Which
btw aint possible since Amiga is privately held.
Lets not forget that M$ worked with Amiga BEFORE
with Amiga BASIC. But admitedly it was a pile of
horse S|-|!7. They didn't steal Amiga from C= did
they. Why not sell a licence to M$ to use the DE
and charge em an arm and a leg for the privledge?
Hell, i'd love to see the DE packaged with WinXP
and every other OS out there.
Even then, nothing has been said other than,
"Look! It runs on this device." All this talk
about cash from M$, and contracts is fantasy.
Bill and Fleecy (and the rest of the crew) are
smart enough not to enter into a contract that
in any way shape or form limits thier rights to
controll and market the DE however small. Besides
which, a contract with M$ isn't needed to sell
the DE. They are doing pretty well on thier own.
Maybe, if Amiga is exceptionally lucky, M$ might
want to purchace a license to sell the DE or
package it with some future version of windows,
or write apps for the DE. That dosn't give M$
any controlling interest, or rights.
Ivan
