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A-EON Technology acquires OctaMED
« on: February 16, 2015, 02:02:10 PM »
A-EON Technology Ltd is pleased to announce that it has concluded the purchase of the source code and exclusive rights to develop, publish and distribute MED, OctaMED and OctaMED SoundStudio for the AmigaOS and Amiga-inspired operating systems, including MorphOS, AROS and emulation from the current owner Ray Burt Frost. As part of the sale agreement A-EON has the exclusive right to use the MED, OctaMED and OctaMED SoundStudio in all product marketing, promotion and branding for AmigaOS and Next-Generation AmigaOS inspired versions including emulation.

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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2015, 02:23:38 PM »
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A-EON Technology Ltd is pleased to announce that it has concluded the purchase of the source code and exclusive rights to develop, publish and distribute MED, OctaMED and OctaMED SoundStudio for the AmigaOS and Amiga-inspired operating systems, including MorphOS, AROS and emulation from the current owner Ray Burt Frost. As part of the sale agreement A-EON has the exclusive right to use the MED, OctaMED and OctaMED SoundStudio in all product marketing, promotion and branding for AmigaOS and Next-Generation AmigaOS inspired versions including emulation.

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Gratulation

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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2015, 02:24:25 PM »
Thanks :)
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Re: A-EON Technology acquires OctaMED
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2015, 02:26:08 PM »
This is exceptional news! Alas, my Efika will be used till smoke is running out of it! Freaking awesome!

Now if ALL of the next Gen Amigas can get decent MIDI support.
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Re: A-EON Technology acquires OctaMED
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2015, 03:13:17 PM »
I'm loving how all the iconic Amiga applications are getting regrouped under one umbrella organization.  It also seems smart that if you are selling an AOS4.x machine then you need to have decent and unique applications to run on it that aren't just ports from Linux or Window.  As much as I like Gimp, OpenOffice and Blender, when I can already get them for other platforms it doesn't give me much incentive to use them on the Amiga. The promise of Amiga-only applications like Aladdin4d, ImageFX and OctaMED being optimized and developed under OS4 make me start thinking about getting an OS4 machine.
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Re: A-EON Technology acquires OctaMED
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2015, 03:35:18 PM »
Excellent news, as this is one one piece of Amiga Software that I still use... Question though, what happened to the PC version?

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« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2015, 04:19:19 PM »
As I recall, Trevor's remarks at Amiwest on the future of the X1000 (and beyond) was a paradigm shift from hardware to software; it follows the original Amiga concept of, "If you build it, he will come."  Once there is the hardward, the next step forward is the software that brings the Dream to fruition.

Acquiring and redeveloping the great software in the Amiga's past is what will drive the current (and forthcoming) generation of Amigas into the future.  Hence, "You go girl!"

[Perhaps Shoeless Joe Jackson will pop up as well]
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Re: A-EON Technology acquires OctaMED
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2015, 04:27:28 PM »
Nice! :)
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Re: A-EON Technology acquires OctaMED
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2015, 04:52:50 PM »
Nice! Now ... when will we see MorphOS/AROS ports of your recent purchases? :D
 

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« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2015, 05:37:00 PM »
Awesome news!  This was a great program back in the day.

I know there's been much 'hammer bumping' by myself and others, but can you give us any realistic possibility if you will be doing the same for IBrowse?  I'm sure it wouldn't take much, even if you just optimized the code a bit (am sure there have been compiler improvements in the last decade since a version was released), add a couple skins or a wallpaper or something, and bump the version number up by .1, and it would probably sell a couple hundred copies just like that, haha.  ;)

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Re: A-EON Technology acquires OctaMED
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2015, 05:46:54 PM »
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Re: A-EON Technology acquires OctaMED
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2015, 05:48:55 PM »
Great, I love OctaMed, now I hope future releases will include 68K and not only be NG exclusive :)
 

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« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2015, 06:11:04 PM »
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Great, I love OctaMed, now I hope future releases will include 68K and not only be NG exclusive :)


A-EON have stated in the past that they are committed to 68k and have already delivered an updated PPaint.
 

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Re: A-EON Technology acquires OctaMED
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2015, 06:24:06 PM »
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A-EON have stated in the past that they are committed to 68k and have already delivered an updated PPaint.


Bought PPaint and sure will buy this also if they keep developing for 68K.
 

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« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2015, 06:37:31 PM »
[I would also like to see the features of Lyle Haze's new sound program]