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iContain
« on: February 28, 2011, 02:34:21 PM »
When I read about iContain getting the right to use the Amiga trademark on OS News I was beyond annoyed - I was furious.

So I sent some nasty, nasty emails to them.

And Todd from iContain replied, and he's convinced me that he has the besst interests of the Amiga community at heart.  He really does want to supply us with hardware that will run our operating system, not, as has been claimed, to just slap the Amiga name on unbranded, cheap, generic electronics.  He tells me that his company can get custom hardware designed and built cheaply.

I suggeted that a PowerPC phone that can run Amiga OS would be just the thing we want.  He seems amenable.

But Hyperion haven't replied to his emails.

Now, I know we've been bitten a few times, but can't we give iContain the benefit of the doubt and see if they can put their money where there mouths are?  If we give them a chance and they don't produce, what have we lost?  Nothing!

But if they are likely to produce and we, as a community, don't even let them try, well, we might have missed out on the Amiga phone I've wanted for so long ...

I told Todd about the other "flavours" of Amiga - MorphOs and AROS.  He tells me that he's going to look at IcAROS, since Hyperion don't seem to be interested.
 

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Re: iContain
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2011, 02:52:15 PM »
Hello there, is that the new CTO of iContain talking? ;)
 

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Re: iContain
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2011, 02:59:55 PM »
@ Haranguer

First it was Bill then it was Barry now we have Todd... well at least we seem to have got off the "B"s for now... :)

Once again the very long and very sad saga of the never ending grim fairy tale that is Amiga continues, ok lets do as you suggest and "give them a chance"... :)

So can we lock this thread now until something real happens... nuff said... ;)
 

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Re: iContain
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2011, 03:11:22 PM »
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@ Haranguer

First it was Bill then it was Barry now we have Todd... well at least we seem to have got off the "B"s for now... :)

Once again the very long and very sad saga of the never ending grim fairy tale that is Amiga continues, ok lets do as you suggest and "give them a chance"... :)

So can we lock this thread now until something real happens... nuff said... ;)
Hey Franko, if you remember what I posted in a previous thread... We get a few companies each year promising to be the saviour of the Amiga, after a while you just tune it out. No reason to lock a thread over it, let people have their fun!

Again good luck to any company that thinks it can use the Amiga/Commodore brand in modern times :)

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Re: iContain
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2011, 03:11:57 PM »
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But Hyperion haven't replied to his emails.

Ben is probably a little pissed off right now. He spent all that time and money on OS4 and licensing names like "AmigaOne" when all he really had to do was license the name "Amiga" and slap it on some pre-manufactured products.
 

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Re: iContain
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2011, 03:15:01 PM »
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Hey Franko, if you remember what I posted in a previous thread... We get a few companies each year promising to be the saviour of the Amiga, after a while you just tune it out. No reason to lock a thread over it, let people have their fun!

Again good luck to any company that thinks it can use the Amiga/Commodore brand in modern times :)


True... very true, but the problem is with so many threads about these days me script writers are having a hard job keeping up with em all... :)
 

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Re: iContain
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2011, 03:17:29 PM »
Actually, thinking about the comment about Hyperion... It would be very odd for a commercial company to licence a proprietary operating system, now, especially one with no software base. The company would need to be totally insane not to use Android, or at least an opersource OS that they can adapt to their Market needs!

I actually don't know why they would contact Hyperion at all... Sounds fishy huh! ;)

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Re: iContain
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2011, 03:19:12 PM »
This is the weirdest thing, that the company that comes along trying to sell Chinese rent-to-own hardware is the first one in some time that actually appears to be interested in what the community wants. Tell Todd to get an account here, I'd like to see some more of what he has to say, just to see if I can figure this all out. :confused:
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Re: iContain
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2011, 03:23:39 PM »
Hmm... Bill, Ben, Barry... Todd

D'ya think this could be genuine this time as at least the guy has managed to think up a name that doesn't begin with B... :)
 

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Re: iContain
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2011, 03:44:01 PM »
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I told Todd about the other "flavours" of Amiga - MorphOs and AROS.  He tells me that he's going to look at IcAROS, since Hyperion don't seem to be interested.

Well, as long as Hyperion is doing what they do, we can all forget about either AROS or MOS officially on AMIGA branded machines.
 

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Re: iContain
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2011, 03:56:27 PM »
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Hmm... Bill, Ben, Barry... Todd

D'ya think this could be genuine this time as at least the guy has managed to think up a name that doesn't begin with B... :)



(B)ill McEwen
(B)ill Buck
(B)ill Panagouleas
(B)arry Moss
(B)arry Altman
(B)en Hermans

Yes, 1st initial is obviously a requirement before trying to buy into some part of this mess. Todd must have failed to get the memo.

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Re: iContain
« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2011, 03:59:52 PM »
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(B)ill McEwen
(B)ill Buck
(B)ill Panagouleas
(B)arry Moss
(B)arry Altman
(B)en Hermans

Yes, 1st initial is obviously a requirement before trying to buy into some part of this mess. Todd must have failed to get the memo.

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That's one hell of a lot of Bs... ;)
 

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Re: iContain
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2011, 04:05:22 PM »
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That's one hell of a lot of Bs... ;)



I'll assume a typo on your part.
B(s) is one thing.
BS quite another.

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Re: iContain
« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2011, 04:08:34 PM »
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I'll assume a typo on your part.
B(s) is one thing.
BS quite another.

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Not a typo... its a double entendre :)
 

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Re: iContain
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2011, 04:08:50 PM »
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I'll assume a typo on your part.
B(s) is one thing.
BS quite another.

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No typo... I was just being polite by not saying "that's one hell of a lot of fecking B@$!@&*s"

But BS fit's the "Bill" just as well... :D