Is Hyperion the new Amiga Inc.?

[jorkany]

Somebody seems to think so:

http://whereisamiga.wordpress.com/

[jorkany]

You stumble on this or write it?

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Stumbled on. I just use moobunny for whatever I want to say.

[jorkany]

I find it funny that a lot of people are surprised that the official AmigaOS developers (weather you like it or not) moaned and complied about the unofficial AmigaOS 'very inspired' releases, it is after all their main competition, it would have been nice if they had been a bit more friendly and tried to work together but I think partly because there is money involved and lawyers (what is it about the Amiga that attracts lawyer, they must like the legal mess, maybe its a nice challenge for them)  rather than see it as evil competition scam braking coyright laws as I'm sure they could of worked something out and work together more, at the very least on the hardware side supporting the same hardware to boot sales (I on about MorpthOs and AmigaOS here) threatening legal action is I think they are starting to realise is only going to annoy the community who like all the options and just want the best Amiga experiences they can have weather it MorpthOS, Aros, or maybe in some people eyes BeOS, I think Tever being in charge of Aeon was a wise call, because he said it before, he just like OS4 more but loves all the other efforts and supports them, just he support his main interest more by hopefully bring us the best ppc amiga you can buy and I really wish there was a way to to get MorpthOS and Aros on the machine so we could finally have a all in one Amiga to support but there are still people who live in the past and dont let bygone be bygone, and I'm on about OS4 and MorthOS team.

No offense...but this just might be the longest one-sentence non sequitur ever!

[jorkany]

No, I think it is some trolling stirrers that like to bring up things from 2005 and say that they're how Hyperion currently considers something.

If you've got some facts about how Hyperion "currently considers something", spill it. Otherwise you're speculating just like anyone else. More so in fact.

The fact is that Aros is being sold on the iMica and the AresOne, and nothing has been said about the legality there.

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29498

Oops! But that was said more than a year ago so according to you it's not how Hyperion "currently considers something".

[jorkany]

If I'm wrong on that I'll happily stand corrected on the matter.

You're not wrong. Before Andreas bought a three-year license to do development on DOpus (that license expired in 2007) Hyperion had contracted to buy the license. However, Hyperion never paid.

http://system-log.com/?p=1363

"The answer from Dr.Greg Perry :
We made a number of attempts to work with developers continuing with Amiga development to further develop Directory Opus for the Amiga line. Initially we signed a contract with Hyperion for licensing and development but they proved to be, well to be blunt, dishonest and untrustworthy, not what one expected in the Amiga world:). Even after repeated requests and discussions over six months after they signed the contract they refused to honour the deal and make payments for the licence as agreed. While I have no direct evidence but considering the fact that they widely promoted the deal and their future development plans, it has been suggested to us by a few that they were never serious about development and their behaviour was a stalling tactic to boost their profile and keep the product out of the hands of their competitors. This dragged on for a long time until we decided to cancel the contract out of frustration at their conduct."