Sputnik - internet browser

[Tomas]

A working browser on the Amiga (Pegasos).

Since when was the pegasos a Amiga?

[Tomas]

weirdami wrote:
morphos != Amiga in all contexts

No more amiga than aros. MorphOS is indeed similar to AmigaOS, but still it is just a clone. And i am in no ways saying that MorphOS is inferior to AmigaOS. Why do you keep on clinging to the amiga name? Why not instead focus on strengthening the MorphOS or Pegasos brand instead? Pegasos or MorphOS wont be Amiga unless the brand owner "amiga inc" and Genesi and OS devs make some kind of agreement.

This is indeed good news, but it dosent have much to do with amiga until it has been ported. If you call it amiga news because MorphOS runs on the classic, then we already have by your definition modern browers like firefox, konqueror and so on running just fine on Amiga already.

[Tomas]

cecilia wrote:

Tomas wrote:

A working browser on the Amiga (Pegasos).

Since when was the pegasos a Amiga?

since I saw it and got myself a peg and can run various amiga programs on it.

same with WinUAE and AROS - all of which I have and play with.

It's "Amiga" because THAT is how I USE it.

It just aint, no matter how much you want it to be. You cannot slap a brand name on it, unless the person who owns the brand give you permission to do so. The fact is that it is Amiga inc who decides what is or is not a amiga and there is nothing we can do about it. They can easily slap the name onto a standard beige x86 running XP and there is sadly nothing we can do about that.

I think most of you dont get my point. I have absolutely nothing against either pegasos or morphos and i would not mind owning one myself. I also believe that the pegasos board is better than the amigaones, but that does not change the fact that amigaone is currently the only ppc board that is licensed as a Amiga.

I hate this licensing crap myself..

[Tomas]

Well the Amizilla project has raised nearly $10000 and every year goes by without a release date.

I think the project is currently way to demanding for the size of this community. I wish the money had been used for supporting a existing project. Aweb is for example already open source and the task of adding modern features to this browser would be significantly less than porting firefox + depedencies.

[Tomas]

I get your point, but I am not connected to any company and at this point in Amiga history what a company claims is simply not relevant to me.

I guess we kinda understand each other then. I personally dont care wether the OS or box goes under the brand Amiga, as long as it keeps the spirit of the orginal OS.  :-)

I just have a very different definition on the brand name.