@Chris
A) dig yourself through ann.lu (around March/April 02) and you will find
Ben H. stating that the OS4-licence and the A1-the-name-licence are
2 seperate things. The OS4-one was even said to be free.
(wether one believes that is another matter).
Thats what I referred to by TeronTX+OS4.
B) We are not talking about the geek-market here, but about potential
embeeded uses,and in those areas "Amiga" hasn't any reputation
(atleast no good one), so it is just as good as ATARI, Pumuckl-PC.
Put an IBM or Dell-sticker on it,and we might have something to talk.
@anarchic_teapot (edited by Argo: personal attack)
Why am I not suprised that you didn't even tried to understand what I wrote ??
A) See my reply to Chris.
B) Because he allready "bought" that name ~3 years ago ?
Because A isn't really the fullthruth
Because that is the only weapon Alan has/had against the competition ?
Because it does matter to those that are the only target-market atm ?
C) Who said that QNXhad to offer direct support ??
1. We aretalking about a few 100 boards -> Alan shouldjust forget
ever making any profit.
2. We aretalking about >1000 boards (for kioskand such) -> Eyetech
can't offer the kind of support such costumer wouldask for.
A middleman needs to bve introduced. That middleman will look at
all possibilties, which includes getting QNX-licences and writing SW for it.
Just imagine Walmart would decide to introduce info-kiosks to all
their shops.
This is what they would demand:
24h support, silent, reliable,easy to use for both costumers and the
ones filling in the info.
Kiosk-Inc now wants to make an offer, and they have to decide if they
base it on x86-QNX, PPC-OS4 or something different.
Price will be part of that descion,but not a name like "Amiga".