re: AOS w/o AI

[bloodline]

xeron wrote:

tangletown wrote:
I'm not particulary "red" or "blue", but now what makes AOS4 any more Amiga than MorphOS?

Its based on AmigaOS source code

Why is that so important?

If I write a Copymem() function and you write a Copymem() which accept the same arguments and return the same result... what is the difference?

its a licensed Amiga product

What does that mean?

A bunch of guys with a prophensity to lie and spend other peoples money have given it their blessing... What use is that?

its the official successor to OS3.9

What does oficial actaully mean? or rather, what value does it provide.


I'm not getting at you Peter, but these are questions I asked myself, and why I don't support Amiga Inc.

[xeron]

@tangletown

So.......it's not going to be called AmigaOS(?)

It is going to be called AmigaOS. Thats what I was trying to say.


@bloodline

   

Its based on AmigaOS source code

Why is that so important?

He asked me why OS4 is more "Amiga" than MorphOS. I didn't say it was important.

What does that mean?

A bunch of guys with a prophensity to lie and spend other peoples money have given it their blessing... What use is that?

See above.

What does oficial actaully mean? or rather, what value does it provide.

See above.

Personally, I just think OS4 is really good. Thats what matters to me ;-).

[bloodline]

Personally, I just think OS4 is really good. Thats what matters to me .;-)

That's all that should matter... and if that's your official line I'll support you :-D

[xeron]

bloodline wrote:
That's all that should matter... and if that's your official line I'll support you :-D

Thats my official line. I think its brilliant.

[Seehund]

AmigaOS w/o AInc?

We don't yet know for sure that it is w/o AInc. The whole KMOS situation looks like a shell game, just shuffling assets and names around on paper.

That Hare apparently is "in" unfortunately doesn't have to mean that the rest is "out" (of KMOS, that is).

Besides, if it's even true that KMOS have owned and managed AmigaOS for close to one year already, there hasn't been much apparent progress, and no public communication whatsoever.

[Seehund]

xeron wrote:

bloodline wrote:
That's all that should matter... and if that's your official line I'll support you :-D

Thats my official line. I think its brilliant.

Hear, hear!

[weirdami]

We don't yet know for sure that it is w/o AInc.

I meant that to be without "amiga" in the name. I guess I goofed on the subject line. The whole point of this thread was along the lines of how not being owned by a company called by an "amiga" name doesn't make AOS4+ any less "Amiga". To make it not "Amiga", you'd have to find a company who's making something and just calling it "Amiga". Like Genesi. Sure, they're calling is MorphOS, but everyone knows what they're really trying to do is to pretend to the throne. They tried to get the Amiga name at one point, so one can only assume that they were thinking of announcing that "MorphOS is now going to be called AmigaOS".

Anyhoo.

[Damion]

To make it not "Amiga", you'd have to find a company who's making something
and just calling it "Amiga". Like Genesi.

Like Amiga Inc? (DE)

Sure, they're calling is MorphOS, but everyone knows what they're
really trying to do is to pretend to the throne.

Before we start discussing what's pretend and what's real, let's keep
in mind which OS has been available for years, and which has been due
"real soon" for years. Aside from that, there's only one OS "throne"
right now, and it's occupied by MS not "amiga".

They tried to get the Amiga name at one point, so one can only assume
that they were thinking of announcing that "MorphOS is now going to be
called AmigaOS".

No assumption necessary, from what we know Genesi wanted an additional
OS running on their hardware. Renaming the OS was never the intention
(and would actually be a poor decision from a marketing/sales perspective,
IMO).

[bloodline]

weirdami wrote:

We don't yet know for sure that it is w/o AInc.

I meant that to be without "amiga" in the name. I guess I goofed on the subject line. The whole point of this thread was along the lines of how not being owned by a company called by an "amiga" name doesn't make AOS4+ any less "Amiga". To make it not "Amiga", you'd have to find a company who's making something and just calling it "Amiga". Like Genesi. Sure, they're calling is MorphOS, but everyone knows what they're really trying to do is to pretend to the throne. They tried to get the Amiga name at one point, so one can only assume that they were thinking of announcing that "MorphOS is now going to be called AmigaOS".

Anyhoo.

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

[guest1955]

Bart: Not if you called them stench blossoms.
Homer: Or crapweeds.

[mikeymike]

Or "the best way never to be unhappy is to not have a word for it" :-)