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NathanH 
Re: First round goes to Hyperion
Posted on 15-Jun-2007 1:34:38
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Joined: 30-Mar-2005
Posts: 111
From: Caldwell, Idaho USA

@BillE

I'm not sure that it is loyalty to a brand name. For myself, it is/was the
hope that AInc. or a future owner of the IP would be able to set a unified
direction for the Amiga platform which healed all of the wounds and splits of
all of the wonderful Amiga enthusiasts so that QNX loyalists, MorphOS
loyalists, AROS loyalists, Classic OS loyalists, Amithlon loyalists,
ACube loyalists, Amiga OS4/Hyperion OS4 loyalists, UEA loyalists, etc. could
all work together again for a common purpose.

Is there any possibility of that anymore or is the splintering complete
and unhealable now? Is there a way to combine all of the great aspects of
each of these folks' work into a __great__ product? I still hope so. There
is such lost potential horsepower with all of these splits.

Is it worse to have a vacant helm or no helm at all? At least with the
Amiga name there was still hope for reunification.

Does MorhpOS run on the AmigaOne? I guess that I have to reassess all of the
Amiga-like options now so may not necessarily be a HyperionOS user. I
realize that losing my business is not a big deal to a company but that
seems to be the end-result of your argument; if I understood it correctly.

How about HippOS with logo being a hippopotamus dancing on an effigy of... :o)

Nathan

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NoelFuller 
Re: First round goes to Hyperion
Posted on 14-Jun-2007 23:38:27
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From: Auckland, New Zealand

@BillE

On brands, I saw a TV program recently showing a group of pre-school tots being asked to identify what was shown on some cards. On being shown the letter M for instance there was no response but the instant the tots saw the McDonalds M they all called out McDonalds. That is, graphic recognition comes before, and is more potent than text recognition. Of course the example of McDonalds just goes to support your case against branding.

Does the Amiga Brand get any recognition? Not so long ago a friend attending a meeting of an international working group developing a computing project, with several tens of billions of dollars of paid up capital, started up his laptop and the meeting saw and immediately recognised the boing ball. About five others present had been amiga users with three present still being amiga owners so they had a little talk about that before getting down to business.

Branding is a rather important part of getting recognition it seems. But updating the meaning of the Amiga brand is an issue for those who use it. So far it seems to me that Hyperion is the only one that has made a substantial move in that direction, but there is further to go.

Noel

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      Re: First round goes to HyperionCodeSmith15-Jun-2007 0:11:15
          Re: First round goes to Hyperionne_one15-Jun-2007 2:26:34
              Re: First round goes to Hyperionmeega16-Jun-2007 16:47:15



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