@all

Wow, I knew when I wrote my post that there would be plenty
of opinions thrown out there, but I must say some of you should
to try and control that anger, it's not good for your health.

I do appreciate all the feedback, especially from those who
answered my question of the fate of AVD. I am sorry I don't
have the time to answer each of you in turn, but let me try
to cover some of it here.

First of all, it is my fault for venting about the legal battles
going on and expressing my frustration with them, that the
main point (or rather question to the community) got lost in
the mix. But I did not post this to restart a flame war
against Amiga Inc., Hyperion, or anyone else.

I am NOT Amiga Inc., nor their spokesperson, and especially
not their lap dog. I am also not a noob, I have been in the Amiga
game since it's early days and been there through all the pain
and suffering. And yes, I too own a T-shirt that is too small to
wear and a $50 coupon I can frame on my wall.

Do not mistake my statements for those of a blindly loyal,
or misguided individual. I am neither. I accepted the job at
Amiga Inc. for several reasons but one of the biggest was
to have the chance to make things better. I would challenge
any of you out there doing nothing but complaining about
the state of events, to actually take as much action to try
and improve them.

On the subject of Bill McEwen, I am not blind to the mistakes he
has made in the past, he admits to them as much himself and
regrets them more then you are likely to ever know. I also was
not trying to defend any of his actions, past or present. My only
point was that no one person deserves to be crucified for
everything you believe went wrong over the years.

It is a fact that more goes on behind the scenes at a given company,
and for many different reasons, than most of us ever get to see.
Much less understand all the motives behind a given decision.
Even as direct employee you are not always privy to what goes
on and why. I for one would never claim to have such complete
knowledge or insight.

Having said that let me clarify, or perhaps even amend, my comments
concerning Hyperion and the ongoing legal battle over OS4. When I
accepted the job at Amiga Inc. all indications were that both Amiga
Inc. and Hyperion were close to a resolution and both were looking
forward to doing so quickly. That was a year and a half ago, and to
my understanding it was Hyperion's lawyers that walked away from
the negotiating table. Why?? Who knows? I certainly don't understand
it. But it does make me think that maybe Hyperion's only fault is
listening to their lawyers. Now, please understand me, I don't believe
this is all a one sided deal here. The blame has to be laid on both
sides, of that I am sure. Again let me stress, that this is only my
opinion based on what I understand to have transpired,
I could be wrong.

Everything that has occurred thus far in front of the judge or in court,
should be available as public record. So if you can provide proof that
I am mistaken, then I'll gladly admit it. At this point though, I do not
intend to discuss the matter further and have no real insight on the
actual events, only opinion and frustration.

Now, if you will allow me, I'll try to steer this thread back on topic.
That topic being, the future plans for the completion of AVD for
AmigaOS4.

Hardware and the SAM440: I did not mean to ignore the SAM boards
for new or available OS4 hardware. I was under the impression that
so far the numbers were limited, and had some issues running OS4
stable. If I am mistaken about that, then great.

AVD and Open Source:
Right now I am leaning toward keeping the sources in house for
the rest of this year and see if I can get my A1 machine(s)
running again and continue development. I am still interested
in the more feedback on this. One again,
1) Keep AVD private, and try to continue development.
2) Sell AVD to another developer to finish it.
3) Release AVD as Open Source for the community devs to complete.

Best Regards,

Jamie

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Jamie Krueger
BITbyBIT Software Group LLC
jamie@bitbybitsoftwaregroup.com
PLEASE NOTE: I only speak for myself and my company,
and am not a spokesperson for Amiga Inc.