Former Commodore UK Bosses David Pleasance and Colin Proudfoot Join FriendUP

[OlafS3]

The two former joint managing directors of Commodore UK have joined the new Amiga-inspired FriendUP platform.

After first meeting the Friend team at Amiga 30 in Amsterdam, both have been very impressed with the project and agreed to join as senior managers in the company.  Colin is now CFO, with David becoming Director of International Sales and Marketing.

David and Colin were once the favourites to purchase the entire Amiga technology, after the downfall of Commodore in 1994.   21 years later, this is the first time the pair have worked together since Commodore.

FriendUP is a next generation web application technology for connecting users and developers to resources in a unifying way. The first product is an open source application called the Friend Unifying Platform, and takes many design decisions and concepts from the Amiga OS.

David Pleasance and Colin Proudfoot have recorded an interview with Dan Wood on Youtube, to explain why they wanted to be involved.

See the video here: https://youtu.be/T7Kng6icsbY

Does it run Amiga software? Does it have the Amiga API? No?

.NET installs components by copying files in directories like amiga. .NET shares a concept so it is now Amiga? Can I publish .NET news here also?

[OlafS3]

Id say the news is somewhat cause;

a) Hogne has a strong Amiga background
b) The project is inspired by the Amiga OS enviroment
c) The people signing on now has a strong Amiga background

With that background Id say it fits within the

"The "Not Quite Amiga but still computer related category" » Alternative Operating Systems"

forum section.

If I started spamming the forum with Windows related stuff, I dont see it really fit, cause Im a "nobody", with no development merits etc.
So its context.

on amigaworld it is even big news... that is a little too much for my taste

They also went on amiga meetings and made big 1 hour presentations on it until people got nerved