Tiny PPC board and AmigaOS 4

[JoannaK]

Herewegoagain wrote:

asian1 wrote:
>Small size

Hi
Because of its small size, is it possible to use the board as upgrade for classic amiga case?
AFAIK the low power PPC 405 can be used without fan/passive cooling.
Will KMOS have the same "Eyetech only" policy, similar to Amiga Inc?
Micro A1 is too big for several embedded applications. Micro A1 also need fan.

There has never been an "Eyetech only" policy.  It has always been said that anyone who wished to have their hardware run OS4 only needed to obtain a proper license from Amiga.  Until now, nobody else has wanted to, apparently.

IMHO dicsussion about AmigaInc lisenses is quite moot these days, they have sold entire AmigaOS (and apparently related stuff) allmost a year ago. I would be highly surpriced if these new (mostly unknown) right holders would use same terms or even allow old licenses to carry on.

[JoannaK]

Martyn wrote:

I would be highly surpriced if these new (mostly unknown) right holders would use same terms or even allow old licenses to carry on.

Then prepare to be highly surprised!  KMOS stated in the purchase announcment they would indeed honour all contracts/licenses for Hyperion and Eyetech.

Yep, so they say now. But conidering that these licenses have (apparently, I have seen no conclusive evidence of these deals) allready changed hands twice during last year (Kmos didn't pruchase them directly from Ainc, instead they last october(?) aquired another company who did the purchase april 2003) how long can you expect this situation to hold for now? .. Month? Year? 5 years?