A-EON Technology acquires OctaMED

[Hans_]

Real Software Publishers will port their software to as many systems as they can in order to maximise sales, ...

Real software publishers will port their software to a system if (and only if) the potential profits exceed the cost of creating that port. Spending a dollar to get less than a dollar back in sales is guaranteed to make your business fail.

Hans

[Hans_]

That would be a valid argument if there was a large amount of development required to port between our platforms.

My post was a factual correction to A6000's statement, and not necessarily a for/against argument. I have no idea if porting would be a simple recompile, or if there would be more work. It wouldn't surprise me if there would have to be at least a few platform-specific tweaks, though.

Incidentally, I don't see why the adverse reaction to A-EON specifically saying that they have the right to distribute Octamed on MorphOS & AROS too (and emulated Amigas). They're at least considering the possibility.

Hans

[Hans_]

However as for the right to distribute it can be viewed in two ways.

A.)   Hey look we're willing to support all platforms.

or

B.)  Hey look we bought the rights for the other platforms so that it cannot be ported by anyone.

The deeper you try to read between the lines, the more likely it is that your conclusions are total BS.

Hans

[Hans_]

To quote myself since you felt the need to only quote half quote me.

Okay, let me respond to the bit that you felt I shouldn't have left out...

Which one it is I don't claim to know. However each user will make up their minds as to which one they think it is.

The deeper you try to read between the lines, the more likely it is that your conclusions are total BS.

Your two options are both based on trying to read between the lines of an announcement. I could probably come up with a number of different additional possible viewpoints based on varying assumptions, but that would be kind of pointless. There really is no need to be guessing at whether there is some hidden meaning or secret agenda.

Hans

[Hans_]

You yourself bought into a theory.  Are you saying your own theory is BS?   I merely placed both viewpoints in a single post.

"I don't see why the adverse reaction to A-EON specifically saying that they have the right to distribute Octamed on MorphOS & AROS too (and emulated Amigas). They're at least considering the possibility."

You placed two possible viewpoints in a single post. Those are not the only possible viewpoints, but they do both assume that you know A-EON's "secret intentions."

Interestingly, I was considering adding "it appears that..." to the bit that you quoted, so congrats on nitpicking that one. However, I must point out that the very fact that they mention multiple platforms does require them to consider those as options. This "theory" doesn't require any assumed/imagined secret agenda or "evil intent."

Hans