IonDeluxe wrote:
1. Who cares.That has absolutely nothing to do with what I am saying.He is attempting to monopolize the Amiga market. Thats one of the reasons I want amiga to succeed, because there is no monopoly unlike the x86 world.
"Monopolize"? "Tyranny"? WHO?
Hold on, let me get this straight:
AInc have a product, AmigaOS. They have no hardware, they have no hardware designs, they have not commissioned anyone to make hardware, they have no influence over hardware design or the hardware market. Yet they're trying to tell us from whom we're allowed to buy our hardware (which currently is from a vendor that has about as little to do with hardware as AInc). Yet all words about "quality assurance", "compatibility", "sales potential", "capability to deliver", "support", "protection", "low prices" and "antipiracy" prove to be even more painfully obvious bullshit and outright lies each time they and the sole licensee have opened their mouths. Yet one "certified", marketed and sold hardware product has already been discontinued and more have had their warrantys expired while waiting for the OS that it's supposed to be certified compatible with. Yet they have already brushed off one apparently much more appropriate license applicant for better and cheaper hardware.
You call this "sharing" and "cooperation".
Genesi have two products, an OS and hardware, just like Apple, or Commodore Amiga of yore. They design their own hardware, they decide on the future of their own hardware, and they sell their own hardware.
IF[/u] Genesi somehow came into possession of AmigaOS (but they seem to hope for a position to sublicense it), then you call their
hypothetical[/u] sales restriction of AmigaOS to only Pegasoses "tyranny"?
Yeah, whatever.
2.Who is trying to strike a deal?
I have already stated such a thing is impossible due to exhorbidant requirements that cannot be met.
Yes, and don't forget that nobody is interested in such a deal to begin with. AInc doesn't recognise that they have to offer something attractive in return for the licensing cash. It doesn't offer hardware vendors any compelling advantages, and even in the hypothetical case that someone would be interested, then I think it'd still be better for us customers (and thus AmigaOS) to also have the option to buy the exact same hardware elsewhere in whatever fashion we prefer.
Or were you talking about the "Tyranny" and not the "Sharing" this time?
