Thomas Richter stands down, current programs in utero

[Darth_X]

@Mountain_Myst

I think he's probably worth more than that.

In what way?

Anyways, Genesi seem to be paying the people that work for them, unlike some companies which are in breach of contract battles

 :-D

[Darth_X]

@KennyR

I don't think Thor has ever been interested in MOS. Come to think of it, I don't know if he's ever been interested in OS4 either. Considering the amount of fud and stupidity either camp having been displaying over the past couple of years, I can't say I blame him either.

Well, if he's developed for Amiga's and Atari's I don't think he would be attached to any camp.. but rather genuinely enjoys coding for the alternative platforms out there. Who knows, he might be interested in coding for QNX? :-D

I'm not attached to any camp either, heck.. I don't even know fully what the definition of *camp* actually is! :-D   I just like to check out the alternative platforms.

[Darth_X]

@theTAO

I'm confused...AFAIK, Thomas was deeply involved in OS4.0 development for a time. I assume he was in charge of the shell and the console, but also heard he was reverse-engineering a PPC version of Arexx and developing the new printing system. Whatever the case, he'll be sorely missed.

Are you saying that Thomas was involved in actually coding for AmigaOS4? Do you have any kind of link to a website that mentions this?

[KennyR]

Darth_X, according to many Ann.lu posts, Thomas was involved in OS4 development. Such as this one:

Ben Hermans/Hyperion wrote on 22-Nov-2002 12:55:18:

You do know this was irony right? If you really want the answer to that, I would suggest e-mailing one of the following OS 4 developers: Olaf Barthel, Thomas Richter or Stephan Rupprecht.

I have no idea whether Thor actually was part of the OS4 team proper or whether many thought he was because he offered his stuff to become part of OS4. No doubt people will jump to conclusions, but I personally genuinely think he's leaving Amiga coding because his Amiga is broken and it's too impractical to get another.

Here's another, in case anyone thinks that's a one-off:

Ben Hermans/Hyperion wrote on 30-Sep-2002 13:10:22:

I have faith in people like the Friedens and the rest of Hyperion, Olaf Barthel, Thomas Richter, Jörg Strohmayer, Massimo Tantignone, Stephan Rupprecht, Stefan Robl, DEtlef Wärkner, the P96 team etc.

Notice the timely use of etc. :-D

[Darth_X]

I have no idea whether Thor actually was part of the OS4 team proper or whether many thought he was because he offered his stuff to become part of OS4. No doubt people will jump to conclusions, but I personally genuinely think he's leaving Amiga coding because his Amiga is broken and it's too impractical to get another.

You would think an AmigaOS4 developer would be coding on an AmigaONe system, not a mere classic amiga alone.

To give up on coding AmigaOS4 because of a computer going down is plain idiotic.. there is more to it than that. How about breach of contract?

[Darth_X]

*shrugs* :-D

[Mr_Capehill]

@AmiGR: do not put too much weight on Mountain_myst. He is a troll. I mean, real Yoda would me much more smarter

I didn't know Thomas personally but if I remember right, he was working on some Intuition stuff, Layer...maybe he got his work done (I hope).

[KennyR]

To give up on coding AmigaOS4 because of a computer going down is plain idiotic.. there is more to it than that. How about breach of contract?

That would imply that Thor was a paid member of the OS4 development team. I see no evidence to say that he was.

I think he was just helping out for a bit, not an official developer...both Bill and Ben tend to get a bit vocal when mentioning their developers. Makes their development teams look less pathetic.

[Mr_Capehill]

@KennyR: are you saying they are actually pathetic? What is impressive then? I gather that those 2 camps have the cream and talent of remaining Amiga coders. :-?

[KennyR]

Mr_Capehill, both OS have only a handful of (core) developers. They may be the cream of Amiga coders, but there aren't many - maybe less than 5 each way. This, in modern terms, is pathetic.

Impressive would be a pool of 30 professional full time core coders. Even more impressive would be 100.

Edit: Can you imagine how the MOS camp would respond if Ben said: "Three people develop OS4"? I can. That's why he doesn't.

[Mr_Capehill]

Kenny, Ok. I thought that you were refering to their skills  ;-)

[kolla]

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