MorphOS 2.0 Released

[arnljot]

I must say that I think that the comparison to OSX is unfair:

1) Apple ships A LOT of copies, and can therfore recoup their development cost on a much lower item cost
2) Sales of OSX is just a "platform" for Apple to earn money on oter products such as iTunes and iPod
3) I think that even with an item price of €500 and the same number of sold products as with a €150 tag, it´s still a loss project.

I think that they must have some investors backing them, thinking that the OS can one day become a good os to sell to embedded devices (such as tvs etc). And that sales of the OS to the amiga community serves two purposes:
1) A thank-you and nod to it´s legacy and roots
2) An acid test where they can meassure it´s success

To eradicate any doubts: I think the price is fair, and that the Morph dev team deserves a big hand. I have just done my big amiga purchases (mediator and tower) so I will be waiting a little before I buy efika and morph2, but I will!

Allthough, it would be cool with sam440flex and morph, but I´m not holding my  breathe for that to happen... Considering where I suspect the morph dev team gets their funding from, and that sam and efika are competitors

[arnljot]

TheMagicM wrote:
wow, there are alot of whiners in this thread.   I'm ordering my EFIKA later this week so we'll see how it goes.  

I agree w/whoever posted and said that people spend much more on a CSPPC when the EFIKA runs circles around it.

I completely agree.

Hehe, perhaps this thread could do with some  passive agressive moderation: Move all whining posts into a seperate thread called "We who don´t appreciate the devs that are left" or something like "we who´d like our lunch for free".

Now, that was me a bit over the line and then some with my trolling. Awaiting the appropriate reponse flame  :lol:

[arnljot]

minator wrote:
They *really* need to talk to a tax lawyer, charging VAT to people outside the EU is almost certainly a criminal offence.

I'm not a tax lawyer, but I can tell you that this particular issue I know since I've been working with e-commerce solutions for 8 years, and I know the business quite well.

The laws in EU and most western countries state that you must collect taxes and fees. The exception to the rule is if you know that the person you're selling to is exempt. But you need to be able to prove it.

Also the rationale is that most countries have a tax cooperation. Which mean that I as a Norwegian customer do not have to pay Norwegian tax on the product I import if I can prove that I have paid tax in the source country.

These are the EU area rules (Norway is a partner, though not a member). And similar rules apply in Canada, US, Common Wealth and many Industrialized Asian countries.

So when a business is not charging foreign customers local taxes that apply to their national customers, they are actually providing you an extra service.