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it is not wise to partner with somebody who proved not to be a reliable partner.

Heh, then it should be Genesi that is reluctant, not Amiga, Inc. Recall it was Amiga, Inc. that was the unreliable partner in the companies' first attempt to cooperate, according the courts. (And if you think AI didn't really "lose" the case but simply forfeited it due to an inability to afford legal representation, that still falls under the description of being "unreliable" as a business partner. In what way is mismanaging affairs so thoroughly that not even basic legal requirements can be met an indication of corporate reliability? -- This is quite apart from the actual finding of the court itself, I hope you understand.)

It was Amiga, Inc. that failed to pay rent on their offices, owes back taxes in the state of Washinton, has outstanding debts to various companies, owes back wages to former employees -- all a matter of public record -- and apparently went through a series of on-paper ownership changes simply to protect IP and other assets, including from people who have legitimate, court-verified claims. I'm not eager to rehash these old matters, but mention them only because you seem to have forgotten or want to ignore the history and are making bogus statements that reflect that.

I acknowledge that circumstances were hard, but this was also the case for Genesi; it's unreasonable and illogical to ignore/excuse one company and condemn the other. The pragmatic thing to do at this point is probably to accept that neither has a spotless past, for one reason or another, and they should let bygones be bygones and do what can be done to salvage things and move forward. If either is unwilling to do that, it only shows their complete disinterest or even contempt for the would-be users of their products. Time will tell, right?

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The bottom line is that no company other than Eyetech has gotten a license,Quote: That's to the best of *your* knowledge. Until a few days ago, you did not even know that other projects besides Troika/ACK's there were others

True, but I wonder what the reason would be to keep the license a secret if any of these other guys had gotten one. Since, also, there's a record of people/companies trying and failing to get a license, I feel the best assumption is that there is no license until we know for sure that there is one.

But that's getting ahead of ourselves. The first hurdle is developing the hardware, prototyping, bug fixing, redesigning, financing production runs, etc. I think it'd be fine if one or more of these projects did get to the selling stage. Unlike Alan Redhouse, I don't think there's room for only one producer of offbeat PowerPC motherboards. In fact, if more than one can survive, it reaffirms the rationale for the others. Then the question is which one(s) do the best job of finding niches and selling to them. (Assuming a workable piracy protection method can be worked out -- which would be needed for anything sold as a Linux board without AOS.) Unlike what someone posted earlier, I don't think the prospect of competition from these newcomers is especially frightening to Genesi.

-- gary_c

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