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Re: Infringement of AmigaOS trademark
« Reply #119 from previous page: March 03, 2014, 06:51:57 PM »
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BigBenAussie?  He's sort of disappeared since CUSA folded.  He was close to Barry and likely the only one who shared his vision.  But he'd need financial backers.

The X64 was inspired but very niche, ultimately Barry failed to establish a non-niche product.

Yeah, they really were too expensive, and the 'Amiga-like' cases were just rebadged cases from one of the HTPC style manufacturers if I recall.  

While I didn't necessarily agree with CommodoreUSA's plans, it was kind of sad to see them go, it was just another reminder of Commodore's demise.  Similar to the talks of Atari going bankrupt a few years ago.  Even though it's no longer the Atari or Commodore we love(d), it's a reminder of what was once great, that faded away.

It still boggles my mind how Apple, that no one I even knew had any of their stuff back in the day, had survived, but yet everyone I know had either Atari or Commodore computers, and they both died out.

As I always say, it seems the worse technology always wins out because it's 'cheap'.

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Re: Infringement of AmigaOS trademark
« Reply #120 on: March 03, 2014, 11:50:15 PM »
So's Apple and Windows, why don't you call your generic Linux theme thing "Apple Windows Linux?"

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Actually, it was Commodore Amiga, two words that met the criteria.  Commodore Amiga is not generic, Amiga is.
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Re: Infringement of AmigaOS trademark
« Reply #121 on: March 03, 2014, 11:58:25 PM »
Amiga, Apple, Windows are what are called "Arbitrary Marks," generic words user for something other than their normal meaning.  These marks are legally enforceable.  Building a business on a pirated name means you believe your business will never amount to anything worth sueing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_distinctiveness#Arbitrary_marks

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Re: Infringement of AmigaOS trademark
« Reply #122 on: March 04, 2014, 03:21:18 AM »
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As I always say, it seems the worse technology always wins out because it's 'cheap'.
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Not sure about the single quotes, but Apple never was cheap money-wise.

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Re: Infringement of AmigaOS trademark
« Reply #123 on: March 04, 2014, 03:32:04 AM »
Trade mark shmade mark. As long as it's not another PC running another OS with an Amiga logo and name on it, then I don't care. Amiga is dead, only the community is keeping it going so as long as the public image isn't distorted within the main stream, again I don't care.

The last thing I'd like to see is something like a Linux distrobution called Amiga OS 5. Unless it was something along the lines of Amithlon, then I would not moan so much. :)
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Re: Infringement of AmigaOS trademark
« Reply #124 on: March 04, 2014, 11:32:26 AM »
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Trade mark shmade mark. As long as it's not another PC running another OS with an Amiga logo and name on it, then I don't care. Amiga is dead, only the community is keeping it going so as long as the public image isn't distorted within the main stream, again I don't care.

The last thing I'd like to see is something like a Linux distrobution called Amiga OS 5. Unless it was something along the lines of Amithlon, then I would not moan so much. :)

Let's hope ARIX gets finished soon then. :)
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