bloodline wrote:
CLS2086 wrote:
Amiga Inc. own nothing of value.
Yes they do ! Patents and rights !! :rtfm:
Patents on technology that can't even be made any more... valueless.
Right to what? The name? What does the name actually matter?
You would do well not to use that smiley with me... you are welcome to disagree with me, but I am well read on the subject of Amiga.
Calm Down! Sheesh! You sound like a prima donna.
These patents might not hold any value to you, but to a lawyer, its a potential revenue stream i.e. they can sue your ass off if you try to infringe upon them. A lot of law firms deal with nothing but Patent IP prosecution and do just fine.
The name, the brand "Amiga", has something in spades that perhaps Minimig, AROS, etc lack. Recognition. Picture your average 30 something joe walking into Curry's or Dixons. He may or may not have owned an Amiga at one point. Anyway, which is he more likely to recognise? Amiga, or Minimig?
Ive been thinking a bit of where the Amiga is going and what hopes it has of being resurrected. To be honest, the conditions that made the Amiga popular back in the 80's and early 90's are gone now. The Amiga sold in a price range that the PC could not compete. Nowadays you can buy PC's for cheaper.
And hoping that it could be bought up by an Indian or Chinese firm and sold to the markets there? Aint going to happen. You could get a PC for the same amount of money and have Linux installed on it. Bang all you want about how great OS 4 and AROS are, but Linux is more mature and has a lot more support, momentum. Theres no way an Amiga based OS could be a selling point.
And it wont take off in the third world either. As One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has demonstrated, people in these countries have more pressing concerns (ie food, water, some electricity) than owning a cheap laptop.
The future doesnt look bright.
