Statement From Bill McEwen on Thendic-Amiga

[bhoggett]

@bbrv

I note the following from your post:

1) Amiga Inc's counsel have dropped the countersuit against you.

2) Your case against Amiga Inc has not yet been decided.

3) Your announcements on your website are in accordance to your beliefs and in anticipation of a favourable outcome, and NOT as a result of a court decision or agreement betwen the parties.

[bhoggett]

@rlfrost

Mikey_C wrote:

"So I fear that if he is telling the truth and I have no reason to disbelieve him, someone accessed his password, posted under his name and got him banned.

Which really scares the bejesus out of me, because now I'm not sure how safe my account is on here. "

I don't believe for a minute that the site was hacked and the password accessed. Please carry through with your threat to leave.

Indeed. Considering where this claim comes from and who is making it, I think it can be discounted out of hand.

Some people will stoop to any level of dishonesty and lies to promote their cause, and Mikey_C is one of them, as a quick browse through his posts on that other website will reveal.

Anyway, I thought he and his friends had already "left" Amiga.org when they accused it of being owned by Genesi (which is an accusation Mikey_C continues to make).
 :-(

[bhoggett]

@Mikey_C

I talk to anyone, but that doesn't stop me calling a spade a spade when I see one.

You sir have sunk to a new low, I could reply in Kind, but out of respect for Kees I will abstain.

Whatever. I don't make blatantly false accusations - which you continue to do on AmigaWorld.net - and I don't tell lies in support of one faction or another. If that offends you, tough. This place was better for your absence, and your return has lowered the tone once more.

Why don't you go back to your natural home with all the other sycophants?

[bhoggett]

@Merko

Two observations about bbrv's post:

1) Note that he says that AInc's legal counsel "decided to [...]
validate the license for the Pegasos and AmigaDE."

No, no, you misread it. AInc's legal counsel decided to drop the counterclaim. They have not decided to validate the license. There's a big difference.

About the Garry Hare fiasco: I think neither side has revealed all they know about that episode. Certainly I don't think the story from Genesi is complete, and Amiga Inc have pussyfooted and avoided giving a proper answer to a ridiculous extent..

[bhoggett]

@Merko

But yes: bbrv DID SAY that the counsel agreed to validate the license!

You are correct and so you have my apology.

I must declare my doubts about that last bit of bbrv's claim though. If the counsel had agreed to the licensing, then there would be no need for the case to go further, yet the records show that the case is still open and scheduled to be heard in court.

It sounds like a case of one side giving an inch and the other claiming a mile.

[bhoggett]

@KennyR

And? With all the users, community, developers and stuff it did attract and would have attracted, how would it have been bad? Sure, I wouldn't have wanted to use a PC, but who the hell am I to dictate what other users want? I did actually critisice Amithlon strongly in the past, but I regret it now. I really thought that it was a danger to getting the Amiga back on its feet. But it turned out that my efforts were being counter-productive and only making me a troll. Amithlon was never a danger; it was only a niche, just like MOS, just like OS4, just like AROS. A choice among many. Much of the software written on Amithlon could have been used on OS4 and MOS. Some of it still is.

Having criticised you heavily for your stance in the past, I now bow deeply in respect.

I wish more people would wake up to the reality of the Amiga situation.

[bhoggett]

@lempkee

Stop putting words into my mouth.

What I mean is that the "Amiga community" has already split into various groups according to their own preference. The community, and the market, can only survive if we are all able to embrace those who have made a different choice and work together to move things forward.

Those people who say "my way or no way" - no matter which  camp they support - have their heads stuck up their backsides.

As for 100% worthy successor? Do you think I care? To me, "Amiga" is just a label, a five letter word starting with A. Nothing more.  The people that made the "Amiga" something like a cult ten years ago are long gone. The current crop have nothing in common with them.

People need to stop looking back and start looking forward, preferably after they have removed the blinkers they've been wearing for years.