@all

I see a lot of people saying "if you want to run OS4 on the hardware, buy a license". Fact is, the Pegasos (and EFIKA) boards run other software. The list is getting quite impressive now - Linux aside, it runs OpenSolaris PPC, FreeBSD, NetBSD and MorphOS.

The moment you talk about buying an OS4 license so it can run on the hardware, you start delving into the regions of putting additional cost on the hardware to offset the cost of the license. What if you don't want to run OS4? Tough.

Stop for a moment and check out a few PC vendor sites. HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc. All of those prices come burdened with the cost of a Windows license. So what happens if you want to run something else on the hardware? Tough.

The fact is the OS4 licensing requirements are geared up towards having the board and OS tied together so that you pay for the OS when you buy the board.

With the Pegasos/EFIKA boards being of interest outside of the Amiga community (particularly to people who are buying them as testbeds for embedded PPC development), you can guess that some of these people aren't going to want to pay for that OS4 license.

The fact is that the license model that is being touted by Amiga Inc. is unworkable. They'd sell more copies if they sold the OS with a dongle to run on a variety of PPC platforms (no, I'm not talking about Mac).

From what I can see, bbrv is talking sense.
It's all about choice, and having the freedom to choose what you want to run.

And yes, I did buy a Pegasos 2 with the express intention of running Linux on it. My purchase does not affect my impartiality.

Last edited by nine on 07-Sep-2006 at 12:25 PM.

@Zylesea

Yes 7448 is more expensive. But you can't seriously tell me (disregarding price) that 7447A
is better than 7448 to use in a desktop solution??? I mean it runs cooler, faster and supports
more low power features. You could even run it silent @ 1GHz (without active cooling).

Of course G5 is the only real PPC chip suited for desktops today. But these are expensive
as hell to build. Not talking about the CPU alone now.

Yes 8641 will be a nice CPU indeed. Will be nice to see it in action next year

Regarding Apple.. Probably the price of the new beast that scared them off, not the
performance.

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