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Amiga, Inc: Close That Open Hardware!
« on: January 09, 2003, 06:59:33 PM »
I read this article while browsing for news about the AmigaOne / Pegasos. osOpinion link...
Thought about it for a while. How many of you would really use a pirated version of AOS4? I know i wouldn't because i want to be supportive to the Amiga community. But i guess i do not represent the Amiga community, as i just recently bought a Peg. (ATTENTION everyone, NOT trying to light the flame wars again...) but does that really matter, just as other POP owners might wanna use AOS4 on their PPC-Boards...
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Re: Amiga, Inc: Close That Open Hardware!
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2003, 07:37:52 PM »
@alkemyst
You got me there...

But i think you understand my arguments thoug.
Of course i want MOS to run on A1 bords as well.
Did you by the way check out the barbie ppc-board?
If not - Barbie POP
Dual Gigabit LAN, IDE-RAID and all of that! like it :-D
The downside is probably no MOS/AOS4 to go with it. doh!
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Re: Amiga, Inc: Close That Open Hardware!
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2003, 11:21:03 PM »
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OS4 will be pirated but i would say the PPC card version the most, give it a few days/week after it is released before a ISO is uploaded to warez sites.

Do you even realize the amount of trouble theese people are getting themselves into. I, among the majority of the community would make their life not worth living. :-x  Am i being realistic? Fill me in please...

Some other people's point of views:

-"325. Ross Heinlein
I'm in developement of a POP board, the "barbie" http://penguinppc.org/dev/pop/ If I can make AOS4 run on this, I'll contribute my sources/drivers, if not, well, one board is better than none, eh? Barbie will NOT be licensing AOS, we don't deal with software companies, it's not our job to chase down OS developers. If you'd like to work on this board, fine, I'll help, if not, that's fine too. Your policy guarantees that your OS will only run on boards specifically manufactured for that purpose, which is very shortsighted considering many PPC boards are about to begin developement due to recently available PPC chipset solutions. You need to realise that as Hardware manufacturers, your OS licensing is NOT our concern, we just build hardware, we don't play games and tailor separate product lines for every "niche-OS" who has crazy ideas, you should rethink yours. I do not speak for my employer in a manner I can be held accountable for, but what I say is a valid representation of their (and my) views on the matter"

-"710. Fred Koler
I will not buy Amiga OS if I am 'locked in' to only approved hardware. I learned my lesson last time"

found it at this site...
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Re: Amiga, Inc: Close That Open Hardware!
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2003, 11:29:14 PM »
You probably hate me by now. And yes, i know MOS doesn't run on the A1 either. It's a real shame.
Found this comment, and i would like to think this goes for MOS too...
-"772. Sander Assenbroek Machielsen
I've been using Amigas since 1986 and have spend thousands of dollars on all this wonderful but overpriced custom computer hardware. I want to be able to use the Amiga OS on other machines too, that are cheaper and more capable than what you are offering. In the past, Amiga meant doing things your own way, you were in control of your computer. This was thanks to the wonderful OS, which evolved over the years, but still needs to be run on ever more aging hardware. With a new version coming up, you are forcing people in a certain direction. Let the people choose and please listen to them - you owe it to us all. We don't need another Mac..."
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Re: Amiga, Inc: Close That Open Hardware!
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2003, 12:43:10 AM »
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Hate you? What are you even talking about?

I started the AmigaONE vs Pegasos thread. This was not an attempt by me to say Peg/MOS is a better choice just because bla bla bla. Rather to show people there is an interesting alternative to the great AmigaONE. This ofcourse  ignited the flame-wars, and that was not appriciated by some people.
This thread as well, seem to trigger some feelings.
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Re: Amiga, Inc: Close That Open Hardware!
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2003, 04:02:53 PM »
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Wake up and smell the coffee...

Actually i've had like 8 cups of coffee already...
All i'm saying is i want to run AOS4 (actually 4.2/4.5 because i don't like some parts beeing 68k code) on my peg. I hope something will be done to the GUI, and yes i think that is as important as the new feauters in AOS.
i wont be posting in this thread from now on, because i feel we are getting nowhere.
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Re: Amiga, Inc: Close That Open Hardware!
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2003, 05:14:31 PM »
Beer anyone? Or maybe a soda for those of you, not drinking alcohol? It's on me...  :-D
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Re: Amiga, Inc: Close That Open Hardware!
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2003, 06:02:38 PM »
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Where did you get that information about the Barbie? I never saw any mention of it using an Articia.

articiaS... burrrp...
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