Ben Hermans Interview - submit your questions

[The_Editor]

Hey,

I suspect Hyperion are "On schedule and...

 :-D

[Jose]

1- Could you explain in more detail the contract between Hyperion and AInc. in regard of what could happen if AInc. goes bust? I'm specially interested  in knowing if any of these two situations could happen:
 a- AInc. not going bankrupt because someone buys part of it. The company buying part of AInc. would have more than 50% of AInc. and control it.  Could they still buy AOS4 and do whatever they want with it?
 b- The contract is only in regard to AOS4, so if the Amiga name gets sold, some company could market AmigaOSX, or XXX, and there would be much confusion in the main public.

2- There seems to be some worriness arrising from potential  A1 and AOS4 buyers.
What would be the probability of AInc favouring you ( or maybe a joint effort between the left Amiga companies, say Hyperion, Eyetech, Elbox...) to buy the IP and name, in the hypoteticall situation of they going bankrupt?

[olegil]

Paul:

We love you, but you need help. Please seek counselling (and I don't mean from a lawyer, or Ben would be sure to help you). Ok?

 :-P

[Rogue]

I hope you didn't mind

No problem. As they say, great minds think alike ;-)

[Mr_Capehill]

@Rogue:  :-D I wonder what if there was 4 of you?

At least Ben would be in trouble while having meeting I think  ;-)

[DeQuevedo]

Hi!

I would like  to know when OS4 for CSPPC and One versions had been released there will be OS4 version for Bppc and/or Shark PPC? When?

Thank you in advance

Best Regards

-DeQuevedo (The AMiGA OS Fan in Spain)

[chris]

A few more about OS4 features:

1. Will MediaToolBox (or whatever it is called now :roll: ) be able to resize and move partitions without losing the data on those partitions?

2. Will the CD-ROM filesystem be able to read DVD-ROMs?

3. Will software be included to play DVD Video?

4. How compatible is OS4.0 with older applications - both 68k and PPC - on CSPPC and AmigaOne hardware? (preferably from real-world tests)  Are there are any particular applications  that don't work or have problems? Are there any old games that do work :-D?

Chris

[jahc]

I'm interested in coding for OS 4.0.. Last I heard, Olaf Barthel was working on developer documentation. Whats the status on that? Can we expect docs to be ready when OS 4.0 is released?

(Cant wait cant wait cant wait)

[JC]

I'd like to know if OS4.0 is going to be as simple and fun to use as previous versions of the Amiga OS.

I'm also curious to find out if it will be as stable and reliable as previous versions.

Jerimy

[redfox]

Mr. Hermans:

In the case of the original Amigas, part of the OS was in ROM.  Will any part of AmigaOS 4 be contained in ROM on the AmigaOne, or will the ROM be used mostly for start-up and "BIOS" (for lack of a better word) type stuff?

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redfox

[Kees]

We made a selection of questions wich where send to Ben Hermans.

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