Petition: AmigaOS distribution policies and PPC hardware

[Rodney]

I will not sign this petition untill the method Amiga Inc is showing is seriously hurting on niche market...

I dont see these licencing terms as a bad thing. They will not limit quality hardware in the Amiga market, only limit hardware that isnt up to their standards and only limit hardware that comes from shops/manufactorers that cant provide the level of support specified in the licenece. This is as i see it, a brilliant way of doing things because we are garrenteed quality hardware and quality support whilst also having a great range of hardware.

The classic Amigas always gaves us great hardware and we had pretty good support, but now, with anyone allowed to make Amiga boards, we have that great range of hardware.

I dont no understand the constant bashing of this licence. I will only sign this petition when it seems like it isnt doing any good. Right now, i dont see that, we have AmigaOne, Cyberstorm, Shark and Blizzard PPC cards for our taking. Thats a great range of hardware.

If these guys can put up with going through an Amiga Inc quality audit then, any suitable hardware vender can. If they cant, i wont be buying hardware form them .

[Rodney]

Please STOP thinking about only two pieces of hardware called Pegasos and AmigaOne. If there was no compulsory licensing, no compulsory BIOS modifications, and no compulsory OS/hardware bundling, you could choose unrestricted between these two and whatever other POP mobos there are and might be.

I understand what your saying, and this is certainly a downside to the Amiga Inc licence. I too would like to be able to buy whatever board i see fit.

However, with the licence Amiga Inc makes the hardware suppliers go through to be able to sell their boards as OS4 compatible, it gives the community both garrenteed quality products and quality support which is a brilliant thing to have.

If you also think about this from Amgia Inc perspective, they are going to be well known from here on for selling or being associated with a quality product. Once this has been astablished, people will remember the name Amgia when ever they hear the word quality. This will surly work in their direction. This polly isnt just to get quality hardware and support into the community, but put a picture in the minds of everyone that Amiga Inc can provide quality software and hardware solutions for customers.

So while having a licence has its good and bad bits as done not having a licence, ill still have to say , not to signing it, and see what happens. If things do indeed seemto be going backwards well, hopfully by then Amiga Inc have forseen the danger and are ready do what ever needs to be done to reverse this trend.