Takers - One Woman's Opinion of the Amiga Mini

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Oy, some wannabe journalist for PC World has put a story up about this piece of flot: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/252392/amiga_computer_awakened_from_sleep_with_makeover.html

I already reviewed his "review"
here

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It's a toss up between Asha Develder and Kiki Stockhammer.

Ahh if only...

Sadly we lost Asha DeVelder on Jan 3, 2009.

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Yep, quite a loss..
I wrote a Solitaire game for her for the Amiga back in the day..  Never totally finished it, but it was playable.
Years later, I got back in touch with her, and found out she was still playing it!
(Or she was nice enough to lie to me about it.)

We stayed online friends after that.

Met (virtually) her on Fidonet initially..
Those were the days..  ;-)

desiv

The good folks at *teamamiga* have kept her irc channel alive in her memory. You're always welcome to drop in, unless you already do? Heh.

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I don't remember Hyperion making a statement on this.
Amiga Inc. is forbidden from developing an OS that is substantially similar to AmigaOS (so maybe they can't license the name to someone else to pursue a similar course).

Commodore USA to relaunch Amiga brand with series of AROS desktops

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Our American lawyers will take action against this.

This is blatant violation of the rights Hyperion Entertainment secured in the settlement agreement with Amiga Inc., Itec and Amino.

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Reading from all this though, one thing I cannot fathom is, why all the flames if CUSA does create/sell a PowerPC with AmigaOS inside it? It's not like as if CUSA is getting it for free.they are paying Hyperion for their efforts yes? (to create a port for them)? Wouldn't Hyperion need this sort of extra funding? If I was a developer I know I'd certainly would. Also regarding the IP front if the problem exists primarily with Amiga Inc. and Hyperion's contract as regards to what AmigaOS is..why can't just one company buy out the other and then lease out the AmigaOS x86 IP to CUSA? What is stopping them from doing so (since many companies do this already to resolve IP issues?).

write and make an offer

here's your company contact

Enjoy!

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CUSA really wanted to use AmigaOS I'm sure, but it's all these 'potential lawsuits' that is keeping them at bay?.and keeping the Amiga community at bay from moving on also...

If you're sure you've isolated the principal obstacle, then you should also know the solution.

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