A post confirming stuff about MorphOS

[rayt]

I got everything I paid for from Genesi and more besides.

Have a go at BBRV by all means, but don't try to make out you're doing it on behalf of the MOS community

Yeah see what you mean. But what I just meant was, if I had bought a pegasos I would have felt cheated somehow reading that morphos development stops (more or less) and they are focussing on linux now. Also I didn't meant to speak for the mos community, I just wanted my post not to sound like I'm enjoying the fact that the "other side" is facing hard times now.

[rayt]

I'm no lawyer or something, but when genesi sarl doesn't exist anymore, what happens to the contracts made with them :-? Reminds me somehow of the thendic france/germany situation or something..

[seer]

The difference there is that Thendic went bankrupt (erm, right ?), and Genesi SARL is just closing I guess, transfering everything to Genesi Frankfurt / USA.

But that's just a guess, yours is as good as mine..

[Argo]

Thendic-France was closed as part of Pretory. Which was why Genesi SARL was formed. Though why Genesi SARL is closing, who knows... Well, BBRV yeah.

[Wilse]

@Wayne:

I -- for one -- think it's completely stupid and will never understand why people supporting either "side" have drawn such a wide line between themselves and refuse to accept that both platforms are virtually identical.

Thank you. I was begining to think I was the only one who thought this.

[KennyR]

Wilse wrote:

I -- for one -- think it's completely stupid and will never understand why people supporting either "side" have drawn such a wide line between themselves and refuse to accept that both platforms are virtually identical.

Thank you. I was begining to think I was the only one who thought this.

That's a very easy judgement if made from the other end of the screen of a Windows XP box. Certainly people who don't care about either platform and never intend to use them will have the least insight into their differences. Although you Wilse are in a good position to see the actual physical differences right up close, which I'm a little envious about.

Personally, I believe that, while MOS and OS4 are similar in what they want to bring to users, they differ radically in implementation, developer support, aims, approaches, look and feel, and even the make-up of their userbases. I won't elaborate on how they differ because I have no intention of being called a liar or a troll for stating my opinion in such a - let's say, contentious - thread, and it's OT anyway. But I think they're different enough that one simply couldn't jump from one to the other and not see a difference.

[cecilia]

Wilse wrote:
@Wayne:

I -- for one -- think it's completely stupid and will never understand why people supporting either "side" have drawn such a wide line between themselves and refuse to accept that both platforms are virtually identical.

Thank you. I was begining to think I was the only one who thought this.

you aren't! I have never been part of that stupid red vs blue war because while that nonsense was going on I was busy having a career.
I was busy working on TV shows and series, etc.
I was busy writing articles for the online part of New Techniques magazine.
I was busy beta testing various versions of ImageFX.
and so on and so on......

I just have no time for that sort of sillyness.

When I had my hands on an amithalon, I thought: "cool! this feels like an amiga on speed!"
when I had my hands on a peg I had basically the same thought.
I've had a chance to see OS4 (beta versions after the pre-release) and it keeps getting better and better. and faster and faster.

I really enjoy my WinUAE (even though it's "struggling" with windows under it).

I just love amiga OS - no matter what the form.

I've found that the people who program for MOS are talented and lovely people. (no, i haven't forgoten AROS. that's next on my list of things to check out).

I've never had an issue with amiga people - even the silly people. they are just easy to ignore when they get too ridiculous.

I just have a problem with people being used and lied to. and that has nothing to do with what OS one uses.

[GadgetMaster]

With the fear of further OT deviation,

Someone had this pic as their backdrop. I think its is quite fitting for our little community:

http://www.deviantart.com/view/10069275/

The poor little sod is the community who is being injected with Red, Blue and Green stuff but still remains as white as a ghost.

Quite symbolic really :-D

[cecilia]

all colors put together make white.

I prefer to interpret this to mean that if the amiga community stays together and support each other we will remain strong and pure. and will enjoy all the colors we contribute to this "amiga project".

[Wilse]

KennyR wrote:
I think they're different enough that one simply couldn't jump from one to the other and not see a difference.

I agree; I've already noticed various pros and cons with both solutions. Having said that, they still *very* similar.

[GadgetMaster]

@ Cecilia

You are right, I wasn't thinking in RGB terms.

Darn, I tried to find something positive in it but the expression on the guy's face is just one of pain.:bigcry:

Sorry for the OT post :-P

[cecilia]

the expression on the guy's face is just one of pain.

maybe he's surprised.
you notice how some people resist the idea of bringing the amiga community together.
it may seem "painfull" at first.
but, if we embrace our differences we can enjoy them - rather than fight about them.

[AmiGR]

How exactly was MorphOS bad news? Was it bad news when it was
announced, late in the Gateway days? Was it bad news when it
delivered 1.4, an OS many users like, while still being
incomplete? Explain that to me. Why was it bad news?

[AmiGR]

MorphOS development didn't stop. No developer from the MorphOS team has stopped working, apart from Zapek.

And before anyone jumps at me, I'll repeat that for the millionth time:
I don't blame Zapek for coming out with his problem. I blame him for the wording he used in his "announcement". The signal it gave to the world, INCLUDING you, is that the whole MorphOS team has dropped MorphOS, that development has stopped. This, of course, is *NOT* true.

[TheMagicM]

I must have missed the post where someone said MOS was bad news.. whoever said that is totally wrong.  One thing for fact...while Genesi was paying for MOS, it was growing with leaps and bounds.  If BBRV & MOS Devel work this out it will be even more awesome.  I will pray to the Alternative OS gods for their help.  :-P

[dammy]

Someone had this pic as their backdrop. I think its is quite fitting for our little community:

http://www.deviantart.com/view/10069275/

The poor little sod is the community who is being injected with Red, Blue and Green stuff but still remains as white as a ghost.

Erm, who's the green suppost to be?  AROS is black.

Dammy