If this comes through the way it should, it will be the most positive thing that happened to the Amiga community for many years. It looks like Hyperion might find themselves to be standing in front of a serious decision soon. Provided that Hyperion plays ball in a sensible way, everyone will win (Hyperion, Genesi, the customers, the resellers, the developers -- everyone in the community), and we will have unity again!
Unity? you are joking right?
BBRV is not interested in unity, never has been and never will be.
The only "unity" he has ever been interested in as far as the Amiga is concered is simply controlling the whole shebang, plain and simple.
I am only speculating of course, but the way I see things, it might very well come to that - Hyperion might have to make a choice. No-one has to love each other to be able to do business you know, but it would help if *some* efforts were put into *building* bridges instead of burning them down as soon as there is a chance ...
And now you talk about burning bridges, yet here is Genesi sueing Amiga Inc. Here is Genesi making claims of forcing Hyperion to tow the line about OS4 not to mention eyetech, all the while they could very simply have license the pegasos and had OS4 the easy way.
Dont bullshit me about the cost, I know what the cost was, and in comparison to what has happened, to the cost the community has paid, it is negligable.
The reason all of this has come to pass in my opinion is simple.
Gateway were going to do nothing, everyone knew it, and BBRV took advantage of the situation and bought the QNX base planned a new system that would run alod AMiga software whilst also upgrading current users to a new technology level.He HAD the entire community to himself.
This in and of itself was fine and dandy, the only problem was that although the roots of this was based surely on an Amiga foundation it was not Amiga.
The along come Amino buys the patents rights licenses the rest makes a plan for the comeback of the Amiga.
The problem boiled down to simply Amiga Inc as unwilling to place its future into the hands of what is now Genesi, allowing them to dictate hardware and OS and the direction it goes whilst bearing the Amiga name, and BBRV unwilling to give up/share the Amiga Community, which he requires to make his plans a success.
As there can only be one kingpin in this little community BBRV has simply decided he is going to be it, he was before, why should he allow Amiga Inc. to take over. So instead of working WITH the Amiga community he has strived ever since to tear it apart until there is no one that can oppose him as BEING the king pin, and thats all there is to it.
BBRV wants to be boss of the whole shebang, and his pride simply cant stand that Bill McEwen has come in and messed up his plans.
