Amiga Inc answers your questions (updated)

[CodeSmith]

@Wayne

(Cc'd from my post at AW...)

Since you seem to be able to communicate freely with Bill, could you please ask him these questions and relay the answers back? I think the answers will clear up most of the questions we have and should not break any NDAs:

Regarding OS5, will I be able to:

1. Take source code for any OS-legal AmigaOS 3.x program (ie a program that follows the guidelines in the Amiga 2.x/3.x programming manuals), compile it with the appropriate tools and expect it to work?
2. Take an OS-legal AmigaOS 3.x program from Aminet and have a reasonable expectation of it working?

These two questions will tell us all we really want to know about OS5 (source and binary level compatibility). Anything else is just details.

[CodeSmith]

@JoePillow

You have no idea what you're talking about.  A digital certificate is tied to an URL and can be renewed only if you have the private key (which only the hosting company and maybe the customer will).  So even if the one asking for certificate renewal is not the actual owner, the only one who benefits is the owner of the actual certificate.  Certificate renewal is also cheaper than getting a whole new cert because renewal is done by running a small script (or pushing a button on Windows), whereas a brand new cert requires verification of who you are so it takes a lot longer.  I can hardly blame Amiga Inc for choosing the cheap route.