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Re: OS 4.0 on a Mac...
« on: June 17, 2004, 06:27:22 PM »
Presumably there is nothing Apple can do to stop you loading a different OS though?

No, but they can stop the development of a commercial OS, most of the linuxes are free to download.. There are many more arguments against OS4 on Mac Hardware (and lots of pro as well), I guess you could search these forums for it..
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Re: OS 4.0 on a Mac...
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2004, 08:02:36 PM »
One of the used excuses for not selling AmigaOS to a larger market is to prevent loss of sales.

Another argument is not being able to develop AmigaOS for all those differen macs/PPC boards and support users due to lack of resources.. I'd love to see OS4/MOS on every type of PPC board out there (not that many yet tho) but who is going to fund it..

Let's just say, even if Amiga Inc drops the lisence it still won't happen unlees somebody is going to put up the cash.. Or do you have the money to do it ?

I know you hate the "dongle" method, but people would give the same crap towards Amiga/Hyperion/Kmos even if they didn't have the "dongle"..

Genesi said a few months back they would look into developing an MOS version for Macs (A kind of Knoppix idea I believe) and restated those intentions not that long ago, but I believe it when I see it.. Not meaning I don't think they are just saying it, I'm just saying they might not be able to do it, resource wise.
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