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Offline Iggy

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Re: Is Hyperion the new Amiga Inc.?
« on: February 23, 2011, 04:23:54 AM »
Wow, I'm really glad I don't have to depend on any the entities mentioned in this thread for my hardware or software.
It really does seem like anything new carrying the Amiga name is cursed.
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Re: Is Hyperion the new Amiga Inc.?
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2011, 08:05:55 PM »
Quote from: commodorejohn;617532
Even if that were true for everybody (it's certainly not for me, as I have no interest in MorphOS or PPC in general,) how is that relevant? Whether or not leander or anybody else has ulterior motives or slightly more personal grudges, that doesn't make any of Hyperion's actions discussed in this thread at all okay. Threatening legal action against competitors on obviously groundless claims and constantly bad-mouthing them on the same baseless allegations, toying with a third-party developer to stall out the competition, etc. are reprehensible regardless of whether the people pointing them out are doing so out of a personal vendetta, and not all of us here are willing to smile and nod and pretend otherwise just because they're one of the few remaining Amiga companies.

If Hyperion was serious, they'd be making more threatening posts related  to MorphOS as it is much more closely related to their product than AROS.
And as AROS is a reverse engineered work alike product, Hyperion's comments in regard to the legality of AROS are a without merit.
While these posts have been almost uniformly negative toward Hyperion, they fail to make one point.
Hyperion promised a product and delivered on that promise. Their hardware partner (Acube) delivers what they announce.
Yes, they've been litigious, but they have advanced AmigaOS to a new level. I don't use it, but AOS4 is a fairly impressive product.
"Not making any hard and fast rules means that the moderators can use their good judgment in moderation, and we think the results speak for themselves." - Amiga.org, terms of service

"You, got to stem the evil tide, and keep it on the the inside" - Rogers Waters

"God was never on your side" - Lemmy

Amiga! "Our appeal has become more selective"