Amiga vs. Hyperion - Any updates?

[Nlandas]

I was reading the page dedicated to this case. The last on there is that they entered settlement negotiations and an extension to Dec 2008 for a reply from Amiga, Inc.

Was a settlement reached or is the case still on? I've been watching for this to finish before I consider getting a new board and AmigaOS version.

-Nyl

[NovaCoder]

I was reading the page dedicated to this case. The last on there is that they entered settlement negotiations and an extension to Dec 2008 for a reply from Amiga, Inc.

Was a settlement reached or is the case still on? I've been watching for this to finish before I consider getting a new board and AmigaOS version.

-Nyl

It all seems to have gone very quiet, maybe AmigaInc have finally run out of money to pay for their lawyers and have dropped the legal action?

[ChuckT]

It all seems to have gone very quiet, maybe AmigaInc have finally run out of money to pay for their lawyers and have dropped the legal action?

What would that mean?  AmigaInc loses? - Or - Let's make a deal?

[Argo]

Not sure. Hyperion and partners seem to have been active this past Spring on the Amiga OS front. So, it maybe that Amiga, Inc. can't prove their case and can't force Hyperion in to a settlement agreement, thus Amiga, Inc. is unable to prohibit Hyperion from doing what they wish.
It would be nice to know what is going on.

[cecilia]

didn't somebody die recently

[NovaCoder]

didn't somebody die recently

Probably.

[Nlandas]

It's just suprising to have regular updates on this and then nothing. Says they are in negotiations, whatever that means. Perhaps, Amiga, inc. finally realized that Hyperion is the only group who can keep developing the OS or they are willing to let them sell some OS 4.1 in exchange for the code base so that they can do what they will with it.

It would be nice it one or the other party would talk a little bit.

[Wayne]

It would be nice it one or the other party would talk a little bit.

Problem is, there are two sides to every story, so aside from a joint press release, or a court document outlining a "winner", it's probably never going to be widely known.

All I know is that this is a helluva lotta fuss over a now slow, outdated, overpriced system based on dead technology (PPC).  

AROS impresses me more at this point in that it can at least be run on reasonable, readily available hardware..

If they wanted to impress anyone, they'd have pulled an Apple and put AmigaOS on true commodity hardware, not one-offs and closed-end hardware from questionable developers/vendors.

Wayne

[Tension]

Anybody know who died?  Could it have been Bill McVapour??

[Golem!dk]

Anybody know who died?  Could it have been Bill McVapour??

Pentti Kouri? I don't recall any more recent.

[JC]

I am curious what happened but don't really care all that much because I went ahead and ordered my Sam from Amigakit anyway.

[Trev]

The court issued a protective order, so we're not going to hear any more about the case until it's settled or tried. Even then, we'll only know what both sides agree to reveal.

[koaftder]

All we can be sure of is that which ever side wins, still loses! The amiga kiss of death.

[Trev]

Well, someone, somewhere wins, it just won't be their customers. EDIT: Aside from the time and effort contributed by Amiga, Inc. and Hyperion employees, though, I don't think the Amiga IP is really worth anything. For modern projects, there are much better operating environments available, unencumbered by legal and community bickering. No serious (read: consistently profitable) developer needs the baggage associated with the Amiga.

[Seiya]

the never ending story III