Amiga dev folks and softwares and stuff

[bhoggett]

Doobrey wrote:
I dunno if they sold 3,000 SDK`s for DE, but I remember HMetal quoting a similar figure for the number of signups on the amigadevnet site.

You had to sign up to activate the darned things, as the activation keys were generated and supplied on-line only.

The 3000 number (if correct - they may simply have counted activations) is the number of copies sold, not the number of buyers (I bought two, as in Linux and Windows versions), and certainly not the number of active developers.

Frankly, if there were ever 100 active AmigaDE developers, I'd be impressed.

Most of the mailing lists Amiga Inc set up now only get sex spam messages. There may be one or two of the NDA/SDA forums still sctive, but I wouldn't hold my breath. AmigaDE is as dead as Commodore 64 Basic as a programming environment.

[bhoggett]

Is Photoshop being developed for AOS4? If it is, then it's not too much a jump to expectthat so is Premiere, which is the sort of software I'm wondering about.

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[bhoggett]

@weirdami wrote:

...you know, the Photogenics dude? Did he abandon Amiga? Oh, and I remember he was having trademark problems years back. Did those get resolved?

I think so, though IIRC he had to make some concessions of some sort.

Last I heard Nolan was porting Photogenics to Windows and Linux, and was continuing Amiga support in parallel. I don't think he was planning on developing the Amiga version independently any more, since the market could no longer support his development costs.

For whatever reason (it may have been the legal problems, or the tough competition in the non-Amiga market) Photogenics never took off on Windows or Linux. My guess is that while it was probably never officially shelved, Nolan will be earning a living doing other things these days.

I've always wondered of companies like Nova Design (ImageFX) - which is basically just Kermit AFAIK - aren't in fact no more than a sideline for their owners. I can't see Kermit actually making a living from selling ImageFX or Aladdin for the Amiga. I can't see anyone making a living from developing Amiga software full time.

Addendum: It seems Photogenics is still alive, though the last version seems to be from 2002 (and I don't think there's an Amiga version of Photogenics HDR). Latest development seems to be concentrating on the PocketPC, which makes sense.

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