OS4, When ?

[SlimJim]

Someone in another thread said Fleecy had anwered an
e-mail mentioning a soon-to-come statement from AInc
concerning what's going on, including a statement on the
status of AOS4.
 
I don't really see the reason for people lashing out at
AInc in every situation (hoping they will go bancrupt etc.)
They have done some seriously bad PR stunts, agreed. But
do anyone actually think they wanted things to turn the
way they did? Don't you think they too wanted to have
AOS+DE out already two years or so ago?
 Apart from people having genuine claims (like that coupon
nightmare, and even there there are different views), I find
it rather childish when people say they have been
"betrayed" or "cheated"by AInc. If these rumors (note
*rumors*, so far at least) are true, I feel sorry for AInc. I
can only imagine the frustration they've been through
the last years.
 
As for me, I have enough computing power between my
A4000 and my Linux box to afford to wait for the fabled
AOS4. As a looong time Amigan, I don't like the situation
(who does?), but I won't get desperate either.
 
I won't give up until Hyperion makes a statement that they
have put the AOS4 project on ice indefinately. Hopefully
that will never happen though.
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SlimJim

[SlimJim]

@Jumpship
 

Now come on, that would be fair now wouldn't it, putting the old shoe on the other foot.

Can't have that, now can we? ;-)
 
@et al
 
At any rate,  I find the statement that AInc "hasn't yet
payed Hyperion for completing AOS4" a little odd. I was
under the impression that Hyperion owned the full rights to
AOS4. In fact, Ben himself has said that because of this,
AOS4 could go on, even if worst came to worst and AInc
folded. The fact that Hyperion has ALREADY had to do
some other contractual work "on the side" (thus slowing the
development of AOS4) has always indicated (to me) that
they carried all the economical risk themselves. Isn't this
what so many have bashed AInc for, they not having a
financial stake in development?
 
And now suddenly, AOS4 need the money from AInc:s
Microsoft deal to be completed. Either something has
changed a lot behind the scenes lately, or something is
wrong with this *rumor*.
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SlimJim

[SlimJim]

logain wrote:
[...]

The Fact:

"However, last week Amiga made it clear that OS4 may well not be ready by April 26th [...]. They are still waiting for money from their Microsoft deal, with which to pay Hyperion to work on OS4. In the mean time, Hyperion must concentrate on other projects to bring money in."
[...]

 
No. Not fact. When this is written by the hand of Fleecy
himself, it can be considered fact. When Ben Hermans
states this, it can be considered fact. For now, it is a
statement on a mailinglist. It's a rumor.
 
It's a disturbing rumor, one might even call it a unusually
well credited rumor.
But a fact, it is not.
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SlimJim

[SlimJim]

@BobC
 
Unfortunately, that's another Hyperion. "Ours" is called Hyperion Entertainment - an important distinction.
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SlimJim

[SlimJim]

@Troels_E
 
> (EDIT) Arrgh! Slimjim was faster
 
Damn right I was.


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SlimJim :-D

[SlimJim]

JoannaK wrote:

Rogue wrote:
Please read the interview with Ben on that topic.

Yep.. Hermans finally admitted that your OS4 developemt has striken the rocks and has been there for last 6 months or so (looks like either lack of funds or lack of tallent?).  Essentially everything Ben Yoris said a month earlier has been proven to be truth. IMHO you should publicly apologicie from him for callign him liar.

 
I have no problem with you interpreting Ben's interview in
your own way, as well as allowing Ben Yoris estimate of
"end of the year" to be "proved" right already in march.
It's odd behaviour, yes - but it's your right and if nothing
else you are at least consistent.
 
But do you really have to sow insults with that as well?
 
Reason your posts, Joanna - as we have seen you
could do in the past. You are rapidly turning into (or at
least apperaring as) a bashing troll and I don't think that
was your intention.
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SlimJim