Hyperion/A-EON introduce us to the AmigaOne X1000. A new beginning?

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The problem is that unless the crap really hits the fan, all you are likely going to see thanks to the NDA is anonymous leaks of info.

Funnily enough many similar leaks started out on moo just prior to the exposure of the fraud surrounding the AmigaOne's hardware issues that were being covered up by the kindly mod team over at AW.net at the time.

Moo might by many standards be written off as a hotbed of nonsense and trolling. But the fact is, when real crap went down, it was spilled on moobunny first.

Play the odds.
By all accounts Ben is non-communicative.
By all accounts Trevor does not say much, and when he does, it's about his hobbyist interests.
What are the odds that someone is friends with both at the level required to obtain such knowledge?
Not to mention the reference to the Friedens...
Not likely.
But I can see the need to fuel the fire, since we only have 3 Cloanto bits and C=USA and iContain to talk about today.
Heh.

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By all accounts, X1000 is very late. Whatever the reason might be, they're having problems. Whether they're hardware/software related, remains to be seen.

HJF posted on AW about having taken on too much, amongst other things.
I don't see how any one would disagree with that, whether looking from the outside or the inside.

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Fair enough.

Why would you need to be friends with both?

Dunno. In order to say:
"Trevor and Ben Hermans almost came to blows in the last meeting."
would you not have to BE at such a meeting?

If not, then we're talking what...2nd hand story, 3rd hand?

Would that not connote at least a degree of trust between the other 2 parties for this person to have been there?
Oh wait...too logical. heh.

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Whether it was stated by one or both parties, or an independent witness or there in person, it still negates your requirement to be friends with both.

And again, it's not like Hyperion don't have a track record of screwing over their partners.

An Amigaland company with a bad track record? Perish the thought. No. I just doubt this particular posting.

I won't argue which company or individual at the cemetary was successful at piling the most dirt on the amiga coffin.

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It may be nothing, but looking back at history when it comes to leaks on moobunny of this nature, at least from my point of view, I'd be prepared at least to take it on board.

YMMV of course, but the profound silence from both camps for months on the issue should at least have alarm bells ringing, especially if you're one of the unfortunates who have stumped up cash for the beta program.

Perhaps I'm just spoiled by reading the well researched material of Inquisitor, and looking for a quality of posting there from others, that is just not to be had at present.

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Just out of curiosity, what to you think about the quality of the news postings on this site:
http://a-eon.com

?

"Happy New Year to all Amigans"...
Pleasant, but not exactly what I'd call news.
I see at least some attempt at content monthly as a pattern and then squat.
You?

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Where is the page? I can't find it.

I can see a page for Elbox Dragon though...

Oh dear...now talk about understated humor...

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I think the quality has improved dramatically ever since they stopped posting speculative product availability on the front page. I think it would be in their best interest to come up with something new and factual though. As you've probably seen there's a lot of negative speculation out there, but A-eon created this vacuum themselves.

Totally agree.
And I happen to like the quality of the site in general.

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oh dear...

Because moobunny has a different TOS that allows for bad behavior, that's reason to pursue bad behavior there as a goal...

ouch. Methinks even some moo regulars will object to that connotation.

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@thread

(from public email)

London, 7th June 2011

A-EON Technology is pleased to announce that following an extensive test
programme Varisys are about to commence manufacturing the full complement of
Nemo 2 motherboards for the AmigaOne X1000 Beta Test Team. As part of the
pre-qualification process, Varisys have ported the PowerPC version of Debian
Squeeze to demonstrate that all onboard components and subsystems are
working as expected. The AmigaOS4 developers have also been busy porting the
latest
version of AmigaOS4.1.x

Cool Running

The energy efficiency of the PA Semi CPU was fully demonstrated during the
testing phase. A thermal imaging camera was used to measure the CPU and
board
temperatures while running Debian Squeeze in dual-core under full load
conditions. A maximum CPU/Heatsink/Fan assembly temperature of 31.1C was
recorded while playing a DVD on a software rendered 1920x1200 full screen
display. With the CPU fan disconnected the temperature rose to meagre 34.6C
with a CPU core temperature of 61C.

AmigaOne X1000 Update Article

We are also pleased to announce that the next issue of "Amiga Future"
magazine will contain a Nemo 2 update article. Issue 91 (July/August) should
be released in early July and can be ordered from the "Amiga Future" website
or your local Amiga reseller.

A-EON Technology CVBA

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Of course it will be.

which takes us back to this

"BTW... since Leo brought this up on Commodore-amiga.org, I can say it here I guess"

Mark Shuttleworth being the obvious reference here.

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The problem with quotes like this from C-USA:



Is that they also like to make quotes like:

"There were some talks Jerri Ellsworth" or "There were some talks with the AROS Team" or "We're partners with Walt Disney" or "We have a factory in China" or "I've taken all my medications today" which don't always mean what they want us to think they mean.

The whole quote could have read "There were some talks with a major linux distro maker founded by a South African entrepreneur, but they told us to go and shag ourselves and don't call again."

Sure, the quote can have another meaning or merely be the attempt to plant a seed of PR.
Regardless, it's obvious that COS V1.0 is an "in house" production.
It's also obvious that since Leo has posted that he will be leaving for quite a while, that some work will have to be contracted out, which probably would have been the case regardless.

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Most likely diaper changing since his wife is expecting.

Back on topic, what's the news on the A1X1K?

Nothing public.

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@thread


The AmigaOne X1000 Experience - Steven Solie

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Definately prefer the checkmark. I guess there's some trademark issues though, at least a while back when I asked amigakit about providing a keyboard with the checkmark on it

Well, that plus perhaps:

After 13 years, the Boing Ball became the official logo, finally banishing the ghost of the Amiga checkmark.

source

People might also find this document helpful in understanding decisions made:

http://aminet.net/search?query=trademark

The intention, given time, is to keep this document up to date.

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