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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: theformula on March 14, 2008, 12:27:00 AM
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God they are so annoying I was looking at the shop section on amiga.com and they dont even stock amiga games. Just windows versions. Why dont they add a forum to the site or actually communicate to the community in some way. I could go on forever about amiga inc. Tell my why they annoy u :lol:
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Something so irrelevant can not irritate...
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I'm pretty sure there's a forum on there.
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Forum? Really? I want to post.... :argue: :furious:
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Phantom wrote:
Forum? Really? I want to post.... :argue: :furious:
Waste of your time :-D
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My post surely will be deleted immediately. :lol:
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1. They decided on a future for the Amiga that most users didn't want.
2. They dropped support for most developers that adopted their Amiga Anywhere/DE platforn.
3. They took money up front for Amiga One and OS4 through various coupon schemes but failed to live up to their side of the deal.
4. They manouvered though various companies with the same owners in order to avoid paying former employees and other creditors.
5. They allowed Amithlon to be licenced only play part in killing it off soon afterwards.
6. They failed to come to an agreement with the developers of MorphOS resulting in a split in the community.
7. They lied to us about products and release dates since just about when they started out in 2000.
8. They have devalued the Amiga brand and driven users and developers away.
9. They make silly announcement like the Kent Stadium deal and then go into hiding when asked for money.
10. They failed to make a deal with Andrea Vallinotto to have OS4 available to run on Mac Mini. Some people blame this on the dispute with Hyperion but...
11. They managed to do the same thing with Jens Schoenfeld when he tried to licence kickstart 1.3 for use with Clone A.
12. They bend over for MS and stifle real Amiga Development.
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They exist.
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@theformula
Tell my why they annoy u
Their sheer incompetence and greed have reduced a community of thousands to a mere few hundred.
They won't grant grant a license to anyone, and continue to stifle the remaining community.
I could go on... :roll:
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OK, quick question. If Amiga Inc went out of business what would happen to the IP. Who really owns this stuff?
I'm not sure to this point how they are still in business. are they still riding off the $50 coupons & T-shirts or what?
10 years of dribble from these people with no product? How do they stay in business?
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I think this classic picture says it all about Amiga Inc.
(http://www.prosoundweb.com/fun/Photofun/76-head_up_ass.jpg)
Let's just hope Bill McEwen doesn't shart when he's up there.
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Most of the IP that we care about is reaching the end of it's 17 year life, the reason for an OS4 was to maintain control over the OS in case there was any money to be had in it. They threw $25,000 at it, barely enough for a driver let alone an OS.
Should KMOS/Amiga Inc go away (please!) the IP actually belongs to Acer who acquired it from Gateway, it was on an exclusive lease to the prior Amiga Inc, (the one that transfered all it's property to KMOS to avoid paying creditors and debts to previous employees and then hijacked KMOS) there is some question as to whether the lease could actually be transferred or not, but since Acer isn't interested that point is moot.
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@persia
Should KMOS/Amiga Inc go away (please!) the IP actually belongs to Acer who acquired it from Gateway, it was on an exclusive lease to the prior Amiga Inc, (the one that transfered all it's property to KMOS to avoid paying creditors and debts to previous employees and then hijacked KMOS) there is some question as to whether the lease could actually be transferred or not, but since Acer isn't interested that point is moot.
Gateway only retained the patents, the IP belongs to Amiga Inc.
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Im pretty sure they dont own the IP, they just liscenced it indefiently. Speeling sucks tonight. Im drunk :-D