What a complete bag-o-shyte. The situation that is.
On trying to give a neutral opinion (which is quite hard), I think it would be wrong to boycott the resellers and dealers that have worked hard, and have remained in the Amiga market for this long. Even Haage & Partner have done some nice stuff - ArtEffect, OS Upgrades etc. - but I think they have well and truly overstepped the mark on this one.
I agree with the others that have gone before me in saying that if anything should be targetted by a boycott then it's H&P's products, which would hopefully send the message that this kind of behaviour is not acceptable.
I don't use Amithlon, but from what I have read and seen it looks like a damn good product, and can only result in more users gaining an Amiga experience and perhaps staying in the community (i.e. growth). BM deserves to be rewarded for his excellent work.
What I find odd is why Bernie can't continue to sell his product? I am not up on law so forgive me here. The issue is over H&P violating Amiga's IP, so wouldn't it be possible for Amiga Inc. to issue a seperate licence to Bernie so that he could continue with his work (Amithlon), and distribute through alternative channels? After all the issue is with H&P selling an illegal version of the product.
So to clarify, why can't Amiga and Bernie get together and cut out the middle man?
As a quick note on the Team AMIGA posting. I must admit that I cringed when I first saw it. Whoever heard of the "miggy pyramid" before? A lot of it reads like a rant and was put together in 5 minutes. It would be a lot better IMO if the author sat down and came up with a well worded and calm statement, currently it makes them look quite unprofessional. When you do cut through the noise though, there are some very valid points there.
As for the flag, I'm not going into that, suffice to say I don't think there is any need as flag or not we all know who they are referring to.
Anyway, that's my take on the situation. I hope something can be worked out for Bernie's and the Amiga Markets sake.
