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Re: Dr. Greg Perry of GPSoftware on Directory Opus for Amiga
« on: December 13, 2002, 02:17:22 AM »
Ahem...


Hmmmm....

 :-?

This is not a good time for people to hear suspicious things like this.

Greg Perry is an upstanding citizen in the Amiga community.

 :-(

I think a response is very well in order.

What are you doing Hyperion?
 

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Re: Dr. Greg Perry of GPSoftware on Directory Opus for Amiga
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2002, 03:08:34 AM »
Without DOpus, AmigaOS4 cannot be on par with other operating systems!  I cannot imagine doing without it.  AmigaOS4 & AmigaOne will NOT be a step forward without it!  I can run programs faster, but loose functionality?  Some choice.
 

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Re: Dr. Greg Perry of GPSoftware on Directory Opus for Amiga
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2002, 03:16:35 AM »
OS4 does not need Directory Opus to look nice.
It does not need Directory Opus to be functional.

From what I've seen from screenshots, OS4 looks much better than I ever thought it would.

I'm just wondering what the heck is going on.
I hope that there is a good explaination for this.

Not because I want Directory Opus on my AmigaOne.
I just don't want the AmigaOne side to start acting like the Pegasos side.
 

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Stripping the Amiga Carcass Bare
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2002, 02:44:44 PM »
Why does it seem like every person that used to be part of the Amiga community are still trying to screw over whats left, I dunno now they've left do they feel sore and so feel the need to go do some stirring to make themselves feel better?

If Mr Perry feels the need to be so unprofessional and selfish then forget DOPUS.

I am just fed up of all the con-men and bad businesses that are trying to scavenge the last bit from the Amiga carcass, its like they've suddenly realised the Amiga market wasn't viable for the last 8 years and are now trying to get something back.

The last Amigans that are left are being conned, and tricked into playing the powergames of a few relatively shallow individuals who think they have nothing to stop them.
 

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Re: Dr. Greg Perry of GPSoftware on Directory Opus for Amiga
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2002, 08:05:49 PM »
More public acusations  :griping: ... :-(

Anyway, Im interested for what Hyperion would need to pay license fees _now_? Without actually using / selling DOpus this seems a bit strange to me.  :-?
 

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Re: Dr. Greg Perry of GPSoftware on Directory Opus for Amiga
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2002, 06:59:12 AM »
> OS4 does not need Directory Opus to look nice.

> From what I've seen from the screenshots, OS4 looks much better than I ever though it would.

I agree with this 100%.  BUT DOpus is not to make WB LOOK good.  It is make it more functional.  If you do not use the extra functionality of DOpus, fine.  But I hardly think anyone can deny that it adds considerable power to the old WB.  If I have to go into a list of all its features, then you don't know much about the program.
 

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Re: Dr. Greg Perry of GPSoftware on Directory Opus for Amiga
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2002, 07:35:25 AM »
I must apologize to all involved.

I love this program.  It enhances MY computing experience and makes MY computer work easier.

I was cleaning up my OLD emails and came across this thread that said something about DOpus & AmigaOS4 in the works. I further noticed that there was a lack of follow-up information anywhere to be found.  I was simply curious if this was dropped, still in the works, etc.  I revived the topic on the DOpus5 mailing list.  Dr Perry was simply responding honestly to MY inquiry.  He did not bring up the subject to bad mouth Hyperion or leverage them.  He was merely voicing his frustrations to someone who asked the question.  Perhaps he should have just said, "No comment", but how would that have gotten misconstrued?

It is amazing to me how my simple inquiry has turned into such vicious personal attacks on everyone involved.  It is simply juvenile.

If you like it great.  If you don't like it, fine too.  But I don't understand anyone that still uses the Amiga turning their noses up at any decent programs for our platform.  That seems like suicide to me.  I would rather have many choices to fit my tastes than only the 4 most popular programs as my only choices.

JFTR, if I got stiffed on a business deal and someone asked me how it was going, I would have most likely responded the same.  If contracts are being honored, there would be nothing ill to say about it, would there?

For me, I will stop asking pointless questions on this subject.. and just wait to see how it turns out.
 

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Re: Dr. Greg Perry of GPSoftware on Directory Opus for Amiga
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2002, 02:28:00 PM »
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They are in breach of the contract for non-payment of contract fees so
DOpus development in OS4 cannot proceed. We are quite a bit peeved that
they used the good name of DOpus and GPSoftware to promote their own
activities and then refused to honour the contract we signed in good
faith.


My question is...
What kind of contract would this be?
I didn't see any signs of Opus in the screenshots.
OS4 isn't even being sold yet.



How can there be a break in contract?
I wouldn't think that Greg Perry would make false claims, but then again....

Who knows these days.

I never will forget when he left the Amiga to go PC though.
He didn't even fix the installer script in Megellan 2.

That was kinda like a breech in contract too.