AmigaOS 3.1 source code leak - official statement

[wawrzon]

The costs involved in properly opensourcing the code are far too much for Cloanto to afford, it's never gonna happen.

what they could do, however, would be participating in a clean room reimplementation, or rather clean room consultation, because the reimplementation is already there.

[wawrzon]

True, but that would cost them too. The cost of potential community development work that might happen on the leaked code is probably far less.

maybe. im not sure.. nevertheless they participated in founding the aros kickstart replacement phase 1:
http://www.power2people.org/projects/kickstart-1/
however in phase2 they seem to have reconsidered
to be honest, i dont know how this impacts on them, or anybody else for that matter, but i doubt its significant.

[wawrzon]

And that PA-RISC with a 3D engine was the future (PPC was never even mentioned).

if thats true, it may finally silence everybody boldly claiming amiga was or was going to be ppc truly and officially.

[wawrzon]

Do we really care what Commodore intended to do as their slow development and limited investment killed the system?

commodore let it fade away, but third parties insistance on ppc was the final blow that actually killed away what was was left of it.

[wawrzon]

oh, thanks, good thing i have not even started to read this illegal material. ihas everybody else been caught in act?