Joined: 18-Jul-2005 Posts: 1731
From: Lake Shastina, Northern Calif.
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Many users will disagree with me, and that is okay, they are entitled to their own opinions, but I for one am happy to read that Cloanto has NOT caved in, and let Hyperion and Ben Hermans off the hook AGAIN! I would rather see justice prevail, and not have Cloanto and the Amiga parties let Hermans bully them AGAIN, by accepting a settlement outside of the courtroom. He really needs to be held accountable for his illegal actions, and finally learn that he can't get away with the types of behaviors he has been using for decades. I won't be happy with any result short of the 2009 settlement being thrown out because Hyperion has breached the contract, so EVERYTHING Amiga (except perhaps a few game distribution rights) can be taken back from Hyperion, and the developers who have actually been doing the work to improve AmigaOS4 can finally have a chance to be compensated with money for the work they do (either by Cloanto, A-Eon, or the community), instead of that funding going to a company that only knows how to create legal battles and dissension where harmony and productivity should exist.
Come on people, wake up and realize that Ben Hermans has never been good for the Amiga community. He is a predator, who took advantage of McBill the FOOL, and it has ALWAYS BEEN the community of Amiga developers and users that have moved our platform forward, not some imaginary company that runs up legal fees to inflate it's imaginary net worth of the owner. (I use the word imaginary because Hyperion has never been a real company that produces anything, they only attempt to profit from the work of others). Sorry for the rant (again), but we really need to join together if we are going to successfully clean up the mess that this community has become. Getting rid of some cancerous parts would be a great first step, IMHO.
Hang in there Cloanto, I for one am rooting for you to stay the course, and do the right thing.
Last edited by amigadave on 23-Mar-2021 at 11:37 PM.
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Is there an existing schedule that hints as to when the court might respond to these motions? Would it first grant the motion and then later render the actual decision, or if it grants the motions for summary judgement it includes said judgement in the response?
In other words do we have any inkling as to when this never-ending nightmare might end?!
-- eliyahu
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