@BobC.

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Anyone else notice how quiet the Hyperion people have been lately?

That really means nothing. Amiga Inc. did nothing for OS4 or the currrent AmigaOne boards. Oh wait yeah they collected the fee. Ok they did something. So what if Fleecy and Bill want to hang on to AmigaAnywhere. They are just caught up in their own world where AA is running everything. Of course when OS4 and the AmigaOne boards are doing good they will be back. Collecting fees of course.

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@cHaOs667

Yes it is, I wondered how long it will take until someone notices ;) Gongrats.

ps. nothing to do with politics or other crap, it's just a cool song :)

Wonder how this will affecte licences for other boards that Eyetechs?

@brotheris

Does it matter?

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@Mikey_C

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Mikey_C wrote: @brotheris Does it matter?

Apparently it does as Amiga themself have directly affected several different attempts to get OS4 running on other boards.

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Mikey_C wrote: Does it matter?

So you are saying that Hyperion can ignore AInc now and port OS4 to any platform they want ? Licence from AInc doesn't matter ?

@Herewegoagain

Yes, but that is not for public consumption at any rate, at least what I happen to know isn't anyway.

Underhandedness, Now there's a word.

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@brotheris

Not at all, I am just saying that given what I know about Amiga Inc and what has been going on, It's best if they leave us alone to be honest.

Of course, by that token, There are some very nice people at Amiga inc, but there are some on there for whom, I wouldn't turn my back on.

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@DaveyD

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I terminated my association with Amiga, Inc.

Hmmm... I wonder why. No really.

This means, that despite having nothing to show after all this time, even Garry's vision for Amiga (whatever it was) is terminated.

I don't care what it is really, but will someone, somewhere, have some vision.
.....And share it with us....pretty please....... with sugar on top.......

Errrr....We promise not be harsh....I mean....well. I promise not to be too harsh.

Well, maybe someone new, but with a clue, and a desire to fulfill the hopes and desires of the greater Amiga community, can have a shot at turning this thing around..
Bill, will you and Raquel stop calling me I'm designing my business card as we speak.

Hey, it just occurred to me.....Has there been a takeover?
Is there a new owner?

Ok. Going back to my happy place now.
We have no hotdogs!!! Oh well, I'm on a diet anyway.

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@daydreamer

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Perhaps we the Amiga Community should take over... After all it is us that have kept it alive Amiga, by the people, for the people!!!

Hehe and now we know why you have that nic

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@Muffin

Probably the right thing that could happen. Guess that Bill McEwen and
Fleecy Moss will be back on track then?

How about Hyperion stepping in?

@BobC.

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Anyone else notice how quiet the Hyperion people have been lately?

*yells at the top of his lungs* IT'S SO QUIET HERE AT HYPERION. WOOHOO!

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@Mikey_C

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Not at all, I am just saying that given what I know about Amiga Inc and what has been going on, It's best if they leave us alone to be honest

Sad...Very Sad.....Oh well..

Hey @Mickey_C have you seen Star Wreck the Pirkinning(?) yet?
It's a mash of StarTrek and B5. Awesome movie and really funny.

Ok. Going back to my happy place now.
We have no hotdogs!!! They couldn't run a hotdog stand anyway!!!

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@Rogue

Damn it Rogue! That's another conspiracy theory out of the window already!!!
- If you'd kept quiet, it would have run and run

Now all we need is for Alan Redhouse to pop in here and we'll have nothing to talk about

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Is bold investment and venture (fly by the seat of your pants) Capitalism dead in America and the U.K.?

Yeah , I guess it is, a long, long time ago....


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Trixie wrote: Arnold J. Rimmer?

Hi Trixie,
Major !

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PulsatingQuasar wrote: Well that's weird. Who is in charge now then? And what are the strategies of that person.

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daydreamer wrote: Amiga, by the people, for the people!!!

Hi daydreamer,

Hmmmm....

10 New_Owner$=AmigaWorld.Net_User_ID$(Rnd(3822) + 1)
20 Print "I, ";New_Owner$;", the new owner of Amiga Inc. will....."



BTW: THIS IS MY FIRST POST USING AWeb 3.5.05 beta!!!!!!
(I'm so sad, it takes forever for me to get out of the gate, but, I'm having a GOOD OL' HOOTENANNY of a GOOD TIME!!!WOOOO HOOO!!!! !!!!)

I wonder if Amiga Inc would consider selling, it seems to me they lack vision and energy to move on. Wonder what the selling price would be, I think McEwen paid 20$ million for the amiga licenses and trademarks from gateway, wonder how much the current owners would be willing to sell them for, it's not like the trademark has increased in price, rather the other way round I think. However, the easiest way would be to make them go bankrupt I think, this would mean that a bankruptcy agent would have to sell it off, and I think they would be more willing to sell it for a realistic price than the current owners. It would be nice if the amiga could belong to the users, but I don't see companies in this market paying up xx$ million for a trademark that is not worth so much except for the people in the market. So maybe our best bet is to hope for a Amiga Inc bankruptcy and then maybe some new owners with some inspiration would step in with some new ideas.

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@Asmodean

and do what with it ?

Apart from getting Hyperion to write the OS, what use is Amiga Inc and what have they done ? NOTHING

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@treblesix

Good point, I don't really know why the amiga trademark is useful other then being the amiga trademark. Possible business plan could be to bring out retro-consoles like the atari-flashback or the c64-on-a-stick. And if there were another owner, they could have a more open policy thus allowing more licenses for other motherboards, or skipping the licensee thing altogether and give green light to hyperion to port it to whatever they want. But maybe Hyperion already can do that, I don't know what's in their contract and what's not.

@Atheist

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Is bold investment and venture (fly by the seat of your pants) Capitalism dead in America and the U.K.?

It's there, it's just that suicide attempts can get you into trouble.

Edit: To explain myself... I do not think that any company will try to salvage the mess created by the current (?) Amiga Inc... It managed to devaluate a profitable trademark in a very efficient manner...

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BobC. wrote: Damn! Now what? Bill? Fleecy? ...Anyone? Hello? Knock knock! Big, big SIGH! Anyone else notice how quiet the Hyperion people have been lately?

I think everyone is tiptoeing around the "Merlancia" connection, as nobody has even bothered touching the question.

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