You know, out of ALL the conspiracy theories I have read over the years, THIS one is, by FAR, the best. :lol:
My only thing is, I'm glad that someone ELSE is in charge of the OS, instead of McEwen. Not that I hate the guy or anything, but he's done absolutely nothing in support of the Amiga OS, save a few 'executive updates', since the inception of Amiga, Inc. He's and his tribe have done nothing in support of it, save offering 'licenses' to people like Eyetech and Hyperion. Sadly, those are the few that actually care about the Amiga community, save the community itself. All he has done was split the community into three, warring parties.You've got the reds on one side, the blues on another and the people like me, who are grey, having chosen neither side, caught up in the middle.
We live in a world, where is is completely acceptable to mislead and lie to the masses. McEwen does it, Rumsfeld does it, Bush does it, Blair does it. So why are you so upset that Amiga Inc did it, when a majority of us knew or suspected it from the beginning. I'm still not sure why they bought Amiga in the first place. I mean, our OS has nothing at ALL to do with their DE operations, except in A) a name, and B)the promise of the DE being integrated into the OS, which was pruported as false in the court depostitions of Amiga Inc.
Honestly, Amiga Inc is in a world of sh!t. McEwen has commited purjury, documents have been falsified, people have been ripped off. (Note, my choice of words are quite my own opinion, but tell that to the thousand or so people that gave up 50$ for a T-Shirt and coupon never recieved.)I could defend either Buck or McEwen for this, but I won't, just as I didn't defend Dr. Ryan Merlancia for his atrocious, criminal acts. The open fact remains that I WANT a PPC Amiga OS, for which I will gladly spend a grand on a new, proprietary motherboard and 'standard' parts. Is this not what we did, when Commodore was still around??!? What I won't do, however, is support a company that would blatantly disregard the community that's holding them together by a single thread, nor will I support a company that would openly mislead courts into thinking they aren't a viable, commercial company by selling the ONLY intellectual property they have to an unknown, paper company.
KMOS is more than likely, a red herring. This was probably done, in the hopes that it will prevent Thendic or anyone else, for that matter, in collecting the only IP Amiga, Inc has that is commercially viable. No one gives a damn about AmigaDE, 'cos Amiga's had PLENTY of time to get it to the market, but chose not to. Instead, they beat around the bush, took their time and gambled away the only market they had with a poor, poker face and a pair of two's. If you think I am wrong, explain to me why there was only ONE SDK released by Amiga Inc and that was almost 4 years ago??
I've said this before and I'll say it again: why are you all so suprised?? It's not like we didn't see it coming. We knew the risks and accepted them openly, just as we did when Escom, Viscorp and Gateway purchased the Amiga IP. Everytime, the company fell flat (with the exception of Gateway, but they got rid of the IP as soon as they could.) and by failing, it opened up a theory that the Amiga is 'cursed.' Yes, cursed by being purchased by companies with the same, ethical mentalities of Commodore, but not from it's own volition. If a company that HAD amiga roots and LOVED the amiga for what it was purchased it, we wouldn't be where we are today. That DIDN'T happen, however, so get over it already.
Amiga is doing just about everything they can to stay afloat, up to and including, criminal activities. It's not suprising. If you worked at a company, for which your livelihood is centered upon, that was failing, would you NOT do everything in your power to keep it aloft and afloat? I could go on and on about this, over and over again, but it won't make a bit of difference. Sadly, the number of Amigans has fallen to maybe a few thousand and those have been shredded by two men, who are fighting tremendously over a market that sadly, isn't worth the effort.
Still, I'll support Eyetech and Hyperion. They deserve it. I don't know if I'll buy an AmigaOne anymore, but I will actively and openly support them. As for Amiga, Inc. and Thendic, all they have done is pushed people to migrate (finally) to other platforms. Kudos to them, for destroying one of the few things I loved about computers. Let them fight like vultures over a diseased carcass. Typical.
Cheers!
-M
PS- Hey, Lempkee, sorry about your Miggy, Mate. Hope you get a new PPC soon. :-?
