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Offline JetFireDX

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Re: Has an OS ever survived the loss of its parent company?
« Reply #14 from previous page: October 07, 2003, 01:17:30 AM »
Couldn't agree with you more Cymric.
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Re: Has an OS ever survived the loss of its parent company?
« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2003, 01:17:46 AM »
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Last I heard, Hyperion were okay financially. So I don't think that's really a worry


It depends how you define okay.  When it emerged that AInc had $100 in their account Ben Hermans said that it was more than Hyperion had, and that they had credit lines with various banks to get OS4 finished.  

Their survival depends on OS4 being successful.
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Re: Has an OS ever survived the loss of its parent company?
« Reply #16 on: October 07, 2003, 01:26:43 AM »
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Cymric wrote:
A PPC may be superior in technology


As Hammer will probably tell you if he gets to read this thread, it's not. PPC has a more elegant design and has no legacy hacks, and can theoretically be pushed further. However, x86 has a substantial technology lead: in design, in hardware, and in manufacture.

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Re: Has an OS ever survived the loss of its parent company?
« Reply #17 on: October 07, 2003, 03:50:59 AM »
shades, i don't want multi used or need it, No one touches my amigas' without strict supervision. hey! if my wife wants an amiga she will have to buy one or wait till my passing from this world, just can't handle the idea of some one man handling my amigas'...sweet little machines need only one master. they can use my truck and everything else though... :-D
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Re: Has an OS ever survived the loss of its parent company?
« Reply #18 on: October 07, 2003, 05:23:19 AM »
@KennyR

Microsoft? for sure, AOL yeah, nVidia? come on...they engineered and did a hell of alot of work... any and all of those companies where FAR better then Amiga.inc .. I mean Microsoft/nVidia/AOL/etc if they dont ship a product its because they cant, not because they chose not to.
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Re: Has an OS ever survived the loss of its parent company?
« Reply #19 on: October 18, 2003, 11:10:48 AM »
@ fatman2021
If Amiga Inc dies, I think Gateway (which is the actual owner of the Amiga patents and copyrights will have a lot to say about who gets to do what.  That being said Amiga Inc may have some kind of contract with Hyperion that states that their licence to the Amiga intellectual property would get transferred to them in case of any untoward circumstances ( like pining for the fjords  :-D )
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Re: Has an OS ever survived the loss of its parent company?
« Reply #20 on: October 18, 2003, 12:35:28 PM »
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If Amiga Inc. dies, I will do everything I can to get Hyperion to GPL AmigaOS....


I'm sure you will have a convincing argument for them  too...

- Paul
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