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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: humppa on April 30, 2007, 07:52:14 AM
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LINK (http://www.amiga.com/about/history/?t=os)
"In 2001, Amiga, Inc. entered into a license for the development of AmigaOS 4.0 with AmigaOne® Partners, collectively Hyperion VOF and Eyetech Group Ltd. The license agreement was terminated on December 20, 2006."
So a few days before the release of "OS4 final update", the licensing agreement was supposedly canceled by Amiga Inc.?
OTOH, McEwen stated in the 25 Q&A that they already completed the buyback in 2003...
Your comments?
:popcorn:
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It dosent change my life .. Hence dont care ... As for os4 :popcorn:
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It might have been terminated because Eyetech are no longer involved and a separate one may have been made with Hyperion and may be one or more 'hardware partners'.
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I want popcorn too :) :popcorn:
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OS4 final was announced by Hyperion on 24/12/2006.
I wonder if these two dates/events are connected.
There was speculation before this that Hyperion were not releasing OS4 final due to something in the contract with Amiga Inc. Maybe Amiga Inc moved first on the 20th leaving Hyperion with nothing to lose by announcing OS4 final.
All idle conjecture of course! :popcorn: :popcorn:
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humppa wrote:
LINK (http://www.amiga.com/about/history/?t=os)
"In 2001, Amiga, Inc. entered into a license for the development of AmigaOS 4.0 with AmigaOne® Partners, collectively Hyperion VOF and Eyetech Group Ltd. The license agreement was terminated on December 20, 2006."
So a few days before the release of "OS4 final update", the licensing agreement was supposedly canceled by Amiga Inc.?
OTOH, McEwen stated in the 25 Q&A that they already completed the buyback in 2003...
Your comments?
:popcorn:
Comments?
McEwen states that Amiga Inc back in 2003 already tried to execute the buyback clause, which Hyperion refused to comply to (McEwen: "the situation is more than infuriating"). Three years later with no solution, Amiga Inc pulls the plug on the deal altogether, thus cancelling Hyperions legal rights to develop and make a business based on OS4; after the 20th December 2006 Hyperion can not legally sell anything based on Amiga IP (unless a new contract was signed granting them these rights).
Just my 2 öre...
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OMG it seems like soon we'll have a new camp in the amiga OS wars :) :popcorn: :pancake:
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countzero wrote:
OMG it seems like soon we'll have a new camp in the amiga OS wars :) :popcorn: :pancake:
Mighty cool :-) more competition is always welcomed ;-)
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All these legal battles/splitting the platform with different standards and lack of leadership is the demise of the Amiga. :boohoo:
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PPC wrote:
All these legal battles/splitting the platform with different standards and lack of leadership is the demise of the Amiga. :boohoo:
Well.. it's way too late to cry for spilled milk.. These (not this one itself, but it's earlier incarnations) self destructing eco-based platform wars have been going at least a Decade... After commodore colapsed, there was no-one to keep system coherent, there were couple different factions with future os and hardware directions (remember those ugly PowerUP/WarpOS wars).. With those old battle lines and distrust between persons it was (almost?) inevitable that there has to be numerous attempts to future OS/hw combos because it would have been too difficult to get people working on common goal.
And now.. this is just end of one shaky coalition. Not much of a news anymore (it has been coming for years) but a kinda conclusion and public ending.
For us.. There's not much to do but watch the show. Players are on stage, backrounds are painted and next thing to expect is some (more) courtroom ballet. And yes, a bucketfull of popcorn. :popcorn: