@ BHogget
You keep saying I never raised any issues despite me spelling it out twice already. Here it is a third time: why should the hardware manufacturer or the vendor bear any burden of responsibility for software issues when it is Hyperion who write the OS and the drivers, get paid for that, AND get paid a licensing fee as well? Shouldn't the hardware manufacturer have to deal with hardware faults only, without having the extra burden of managing first line response regardless of the type of fault it is? After all, if I have a problem with Internet Explorer I don't ring nVidia to get it fixed do I?
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If you re-read Rogues reply, he is agreeing with you.
The hardware vendor is the first line (of hardware) support, and if the problem is not hardware, then Hyperion are responsible for the software support.
BTW you may not own a MAC machine or run MAC osX, but if you own a Wintel PC, you will find a proportion of the price you paid is for an OS License.
Why should you treat Hyperion any different to bill gates. As a company, if it is not potentially profitable for Hyperion to port the OS why should they bother.
I am sure you would be the first to shout if for every revision of the OS you had to have another version of each and every program you had purchased. (i.e. Win95/98/milenium/2000/XP etc.)
As far as drivers are concerned, in the Wintel world, the hardware manufacturer is responsible for providing their own drivers, whether there is a certification fee paid to MS, I dont know, but I doubt that until there is a sufficient market, those same manufacturers will write drivers for OS4. Hence the necessity to restrict the hardware spec required for 0S4.
Essentially it seems this thread is about the same thing from two different angles. Hyperion, quite rightly, want some sort of recompense for their hard work, and it would seem the people on this thread are prepared to pay for the use of OS4. The argument (sorry discussion), is about whether this is through licensing fees for the OS, or certification fees for the drivers.
I am sure the Pegasus/Mos developers are not working for nothing, and I for one, dont expect Hyperion, or Eyetech to either.
Peter Swallow.
