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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2007, 04:54:08 PM »
Dr. Pentti Juho Kalervo Kouri.
 

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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2007, 05:00:30 PM »
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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2007, 05:07:27 PM »
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Dr. Pentti Juho Kalervo Kouri.

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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #17 on: February 16, 2007, 05:08:29 PM »
Sigh...I would love to see an AmigaOS that I could run on anything.  

However with the sad state of Amiga affairs (How many times have they been bought and sold?  How little have they come up with?  What about the price and then death of the Amiga One?  And the list goes on.) I doubt highly we will ever see anything of any substance.

I am a proud Amiga owner.  I always will be.  But I've had to come and face the hard reality of the fact that except for the one or 2 Amigas I get running on my own, that is the end of it all.
 

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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2007, 12:21:27 PM »
@Starunner:

You sound like a weeping old man.

Please stop it.

Amiga is not fully dead, even if things arent the way they should be for any given company, including Amiga, at the end of the day, the are still creating things for the amiga, whether it be the out sourced developers of games and software, or the magazines that enthusiasts are keeping alive, and the companies trying hard to get Amiga Inc to accept their hardware,

Point being, you sound like youve given up all hope.

Question to you, would you give up all hope if your mum was diagnosed with cancer????

I didnt, and that helped my mother mentally, and her sub concsious mind, and I believe this in turn did help her.
The rest was all in the hands of her and the kemo therapy.

Anyway, 10 years later and shes still alive, my farther even died before her, and he was very fit!

So companies, just like life, can not be said or told that they are finished, until it really happens.

Now Amiga Inc has not yet announced their resignation, which means we should not be negative towards them, and forget the past, and move on into the future!

YES, ok B.McWen initially said a lot, but this time he still hasnt made an announcement, and you wanna know why, because if he did, and his announcement wouldnt happen,then all of you guys would be bitc-hin about it!

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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2007, 01:04:57 PM »
Hehe Starke, are you new to this game ? I have been using and following the Amiga scene since early 90`s .. through the Commodore bankruptcy and all they way to the Amino/Kmos/Amiga Inc. deal...

There have been so much talk.... its so stupid! There are several hardware out there, it just seems like Amiga Inc. doesnt want OS4 released!!

I cant see why anyone would believe anything from Amiga Inc anymore :/
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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2007, 01:17:19 PM »
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There have been so much talk.... its so stupid! There are several hardware out there, it just seems like Amiga Inc. doesnt want OS4 released!!


It's because no single entity owns OS4.  Amiga Inc did the buy back option from Hyperion but Hyperion used the Twin's kernel (it's their IP) which means Amiga Inc doesn't own OS4 but in name only.  OS4 is legally h0rked up and that is why Amiga Inc talks of OS5 being inhouse and will include x86 support.

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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #21 on: February 18, 2007, 01:19:14 PM »
@KRIZE:

It gets worse, Bill McWen doesnt want to supports OS4 at all.

However, B.McWen has stated that he allows other companies to have OS4 Used on hardware, provided they run it by Amiga Inc First!

Its on their webpage under the OS developemnt link!

Man, Lets hope this Ass-hole McWen allows the sam440ep and any other hardware made by others to be allowed!

Otherwise he may have to pack it all up for Amiga COmputing and leave, as He will loose a lot more faithfuls, which cant be good for our already niche market!
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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #22 on: February 18, 2007, 01:20:29 PM »
Dammy, please refrain yourself from using that silly smiley face pic hitting the donkey in the balls! 8-)  8-)
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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #23 on: February 18, 2007, 01:31:54 PM »
Starke,
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It gets worse, Bill McWen doesnt want to supports OS4 at all.

However, B.McWen has stated that he allows other companies to have OS4 Used on hardware, provided they run it by Amiga Inc First!

Its on their webpage under the OS developemnt link!

Man, Lets hope this Ass-hole McWen allows the sam440ep and any other hardware made by others to be allowed!

Otherwise he may have to pack it all up for Amiga COmputing and leave,

Good to see you're finally catching up. You probably could have done so by spending a day or two reading about the soap opera thats been running for the last few years, rather than urging people hand out flyers at the bus stop so that "Amiga Inc. will see we support them".


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as He will loose a lot more faithfuls, which cant be good for our already niche market!

Still not 100% caught up though, I see.
 

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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #24 on: February 18, 2007, 01:35:13 PM »
@jorkany: hehehe... i dont think stark will be ever 100% uptodate, lets hope for a 99%...  :lol:
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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #25 on: February 18, 2007, 01:39:01 PM »
At the end of the day people power will win , we just cant giv e up , not just yet . How long has Bill been in power for now and what good has he done for the company ? Surely with a lot of dissatisfied consumers he will get the boot ? Is there anyway we can buy some shares in the company and get some people in the board of directors ??? There has to be a way to get Amiga moving forward again . Seems like Bill is stuck in the 90s  :roll:
 

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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #26 on: February 18, 2007, 01:46:25 PM »
What a mess, I feel sad fot the poor Hyperion guys, all this work just for arguing and mess ? It surprises me that they dont have any plan of how to do this...
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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #27 on: February 18, 2007, 02:04:16 PM »
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What a mess, I feel sad fot the poor Hyperion guys, all this work just for arguing and mess ? It surprises me that they dont have any plan of how to do this...


They really can't do much, it's that big of a mess. I wouldn't be suprised to hear about Amiga Inc sending C&D letters out to Hyperion and their "subcontractors."  I'm suprised so many people are pining over OS4 when AI is pushing for OS5.  That should have told the story of OS4, right there.

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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #28 on: February 19, 2007, 12:12:11 AM »
PLeaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssseeeeeeee

Jorkany and others,

I did not imply that we shouldnt support Amiga, yet alone Amiga Inc, I was just merely pointing out that OS4 will still hit new hardware, but it wont be as easy as, there is new hardware available lets use it.

I think what Bill McWen wants is OS5, yes, however, he may still be looking at various hardware companies for the OS4, and choose particular type of companies that may be useful to Amiga Inc in future!

Who knows, who cares, I just know I care!
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Re: who owns amiga today?
« Reply #29 from previous page: February 19, 2007, 12:40:06 AM »
I understand that OS5 was in the plans.  Where can I find out about OS5 of late.
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