http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=14043

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This could be a breakthrough event not just for Linux but also for other alternative operating systems as well.

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Yes it is possible. Yes it could generate more sales of OS4 than bundling it with non-commodity hardware ever could generate.
No, it will never happen. No, Amiga Inc. will never allow OS4 to be released seperately from hardware (except for BPPC/CSPPC). Yes, this is bothersome.

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No, Amiga Inc. will never allow OS4 to be released seperately from hardware (except for BPPC/CSPPC).

Are you sure of that?
Only if they are blind!!!

But, wait, i guess they are

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Would Amiga be able to touch Hyperion if a "ps3 patch" for classic os4 "mysteriously" appeared on the internet?

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LOL


I'm coding the patch.

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@polka.

> Yes it is possible. Yes it could generate more sales of OS4 than bundling
> it with non-commodity hardware ever could generate.
> No, it will never happen. No, Amiga Inc. will never allow OS4 to be
> released seperately from hardware (except for BPPC/CSPPC). Yes, this is
> bothersome.

Unfortunately, you are completely right. Amiga Inc. isn't going to do anything usefull.

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@AmigaBlitter

Actually I was thinking of Hyperion themselves.

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Would Amiga be able to touch Hyperion if a "ps3 patch" for classic os4 "mysteriously" appeared on the internet?

There is more to it than writing a simple patch. Anyway, first AmigaOS4 needs to be released for Classic PPC hardware.
After the recent statements from Rogue, this is not going to happen very soon.

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It would be kewl, but will Sony for 20K for a licence? I bet they are used to the situation where people pay them to get ability of using PS.

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@polka.

I'm joking, off course.
Anyway, againg, the developent of an os compatible with the Cell architecture could be interesting for the company that produces the processors.

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What would be neat, is a Bundle with OS4 and a Harddrive for PS3, where OS4 is preloaded on the harddrive, and all you had to do was insert the harddrive in the PS3, and of you go.

AmigaInc, could even charge a little extra for the harddrive, as a "A1 license".

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This contributor to OSNews is uninformed newbie. While there is Linux for PS2 you boot it from Sony DVD with Sony logo and using the HW to full extent is not possible.

Sony is not dumb. They wont allow unlicensed software on their consoles.

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opi wrote: @AmigaBlitter It would be kewl, but will Sony for 20K for a licence? I bet they are used to the situation where people pay them to get ability of using PS.

Heh..Hyperion's said in the past they might 'eat the porting cost,' as long as they believed those costs would be made up for in sales (and assuming they work out the license with AInc presumably). While this may be a sore point for some Peg owners or those who'd like to see OS4 on a Peg, with an expected userbase of 100 million or so PS3s, I think the 'potential for sales' is quite a bit higher there...

Although no one does seem to know what Sony's licnesing fees for PS3 are...anyone?

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Interesting. A product -requiring- an intuitive OS mating with the most intuitive
OS ever conceived? (imo)

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I think the 'potential for sales' is quite a bit higher there...

Wasn't there any -triple- bold type available for the word "quite"?

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OS4 on PS3? is it possible?

Why would Amiga Inc. allow that? That might actually generate some sales for OS4. Their product is AmigaNoWhere.


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Hyperion's said in the past they might 'eat the porting cost,' as long as they believed those costs would be made up for in sales and assuming they work out the license with AInc presumably.

It is very unlikely that Hyperion manages to work out a license on that. The contract signed between Amiga Inc., Eyetech and Hyperion includes only hardware that is developed and marketed for the "Amiga platform".
A PS3 is therefore not included, unfortunately. The Pegasos 2 could be included, provided that another company picks up its design and explicitly markets/targets it for OS4 use.

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OS4 on PS3?

I think it would be really



So would OS4 on PSP.
So would OS4 on {some other stuff}.

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@redfox

Let's not dream too much of what "would be cool" or what "would sell like hotcakes".
From all possible options, the one which generates the least sales for OS4 will be chosen. Thanks to a certain contract between the AmigaOne partners.

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@polka.

@all

Sony have stated themselves that they want multiple OSs available for the PS3 and the concept of having switchable hard driove modules each preloaded with a different OS and apps is, in fact, theirs.

I can only hope that with PS3 due in November Sony realise that by bundleing an uber cheap keyboard and mouse with the hard disk equipped PS3 (there is still amiguity over wether the machine will have a hard disk as standard) along with PS3 may make the unit classable as a computer rather than a console, which saves on import costs into the UK at least... which they tried to do with the PS2 initially by saying the demo disk had BASIC on it (which it did).

So to Sony:

License OS4, add a really cheap wired keyboard and mouse plus add an Amiga logo on the box for instant tax savings ;)

(lets face it, the tax saving per unit would allow the licensing of OS4... could Hyperion/Amiga deal with $10-15 per unit if it was on 6 million units this year?... I am guessing YES. lol)

Anyway back to the real world full of stupid corporations who cant see opportunities that are in front of them...

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