Pegasos running native OS4 apps?

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@Rassilon

this business model has been tried before, and failed every time.  Why do you assume that it can work this time around?

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@Rassilon

But we're not discussing a certification system at all.  We're discussing a licensing system.

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@IonDeluxe

It is their business model, correct.  But that model has been shown to be flawed in the past.  (see BeInc's early mis-steps in licensing their OS as discussed in the recent Haynie interview)

Blaming Genesi for AInc's flawed business tactics is akin to blaming Met@box for Be going under.

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@Argo

Same way QNX does:  license to end-providors, *not* to solution-providor.  So, say Mr. Hardware, for example, wants to sell Pegasos w/ AmigaOS 4.  Mr. hardware signs up for the license, and sells machines w/ AOS4 on them.  Or to end-users, say meers above wants AOS4 on his Peggy, he pays for a copy, gets the EULA, the USB port dongle which he plugs into one of his USB ports, and goes on his merry way.  In other words, the same way Microsoft, QNX, LynxOS, even AT&T handle licensing to incredible sucess.  By forcing the licensing onto the manufacturers, AInc cripples their availible marketplace, as manufacturers have, historically, balked at any licensing of their product.  (Might I remind everyone of the backlash against the Apple $1 licensing fee for Firewire?)

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@Rassilon

So then licensing to Genesi is not necessary, since then licensing would be done to either resellers or to end users.  So my whole point stands, that Genesi is not the one blocking the port of AOS4 to the Pegasos platform.