Directory Opus Magellan Worldwide Announcement

[Mikey_C]

Guru Meditation and GPSoftware are proud to announce that they have reached agreement on the acquisition of the exclusive, worldwide rights to Directory Opus Magellan for the Amiga platform from GPSoftware. This legendary file manager that started on the Amiga will finally be coming back in a new version in 2005!

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Gothenburg, Sweden, October 20th, 2004

Guru Meditation and GPSoftware are proud to announce that they have reached agreement on the acquisition of the exclusive, worldwide rights to Directory Opus Magellan for the Amiga platform from GPSoftware. This legendary file manager that started on the Amiga will finally be coming back in a new version in 2005!

Dr Greg Perry of GPSoftware said, "We have been searching for a reliable company to continue the development of Directory Opus Magellan for the Amiga for some years now. After some false starts, we are pleased to have licensed the Amiga product to Guru Meditation, where the ongoing development of the product is now assured. Guru Meditation and partners have some exciting plans. We look forward to seeing their new product and extend to them our wholehearted support for their efforts."

Andreas Loong of Guru Meditation said, "This is an invigorating new venture for us. We are very pleased to acquire the rights to this brilliant program, which for so long has been an essential for any Amiga user. Directory Opus Magellan is a file manager unlike all others. It is the essence, the very spirit of how computers should be used. From the very first release of DOpus in 1995, many Amiga users have seen the raw power provided by DOpus with its unique concept integrating Workbench Replacement Mode, File Management and custom functions in one package. All of these functions have been refined and polished into perfection and now is the time to bring this masterpiece back to the Amiga."

Guru Meditation has entered into a contract with a UK based specialist software firm which will be providing the porting work and implementing new features. Work has already begun to bring the sources up to date for the new AmigaOS 4 operating system.

Guru Meditation & GPSoftware
Guru Meditation was formed late 2003 and started off very modestly as a reseller of Amiga equipment and AmigaOne hardware. In mid 2004 the decision was made to acquire the rights for Directory Opus to bring it back to the Amiga platform as the start of a new program of expansion to help kickstart the Amiga market back into life.

GP Software is an independent Australian company based in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Established in 1984, GP Software develops commercial software packages and provides custom software development services to industry in both Australia and worldwide. GP Software has successfully developed and marketed software packages for a variety of platforms including solutions for Commodore business computers, many products and custom solutions for the Amiga including Directory Opus, GPFax, EasyLedgers and others, plus commercial products for Windows. The company now concentrates on software development and services for Windows, mainly with its flagship product, Directory Opus 8 for Windows.

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[XDelusion]

Perhaps some of the best Amiga news I've heard in a long time!

[x56h34]

Yeah, this is really good. Great news! This one is on me. :pint:

[Vincent]

:-o :-o :-o

:-D :-D :-D

Fantastic news indeed.

[keropi]

from my limited amiga experience, I don't really like dopus 5.5 magellan... but the news are great!

[cecilia]

Magellan is a great program - and was innovative way back when! (I still use it)
I'll be interested in seeing how it works with the new OS's!

great news. :love:

[Dan]

It´s good that DOpus on amiga is kept alive.
Great news indeed.

[Matt_H]

Personally, I prefer DOpus4, but this is great news all the same. When there's a release, I'll probably pick it up purely for the sake of supporting further development. Who knows, I may even like it! :-)

Some thoughts:
-A DOpus4-style mode would be nice (one full-screen window w/ 2 panes) :-)
-The Workbench replacement mode made sense back when it was developed, since the Amiga OS was in stagnation at that time. Now, however, it doesn't seem as important. A Workbench *integration* mode, like in the Windows version, would be better for the current state of affairs.

[SilvrDrgn]

Excellent news!!   :-o  :-D

[lempkee]

matt: just so u know... DOPUS MAG has always had a theme that runs like dopus4 so basically that says more about your experience with dopus mag than anything else :-)

anyway im sure u will love it once u try it for more than 3 days, and that my friend im sure of :-)

[Vincent]

I think every version of Dopus 5.x has that.  I know my 5.5(?) has it.

[Matt_H]

@ lempkee

Touche. I haven't used DOpus5 much. I'm glad to hear that there is a DOpus4 mode :-)

[Quixote]

;-) This is great news.  Further development of one of the Classic Amiga's most valuable applications can only be a good thing.  I'd like to see this running on AmigaOS4.0!

[walkero]

that's great news... Keep up the good work guys.

[lempkee]

matt: nice to be of help :-)

anyway 3 days with that and u will turn to the real dopus mag features :-)


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