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Rogue 
Re: Reality check
Posted on 17-Dec-2006 14:22:52
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@falemagn

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Or what about those comments that went along the lines of "AmigaOS4 will not ship this year, nor the next one, nor the next next one..."


*shrugs* poop happens. The same happened to Vista, so what?

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Re: Reality check
Posted on 17-Dec-2006 14:25:51
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There's basically nothing that today AmigaOS4 can do for anyone that some other OS's out there don't do already.


Last time I checked, this was the same for quite a while in Amiga history. I don't see the relation.

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AmigaOS doesn't make sense on a mass market handheld, nor on the desktop, nor anywhere else I can imagine.


Well, good thing I have more imagination then. Let's leave it at this, regardless of what I would say now you would try to downplay it anyway.

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Re: Reality check
Posted on 17-Dec-2006 14:28:57
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Help out OS4 team how? Helping as in charity?

I don't know. Just tell me. I'm not the one who threw the stone. Somebody else was wondering whether Genesi could help. I just asked how.

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When I (and I weren't alone) presented Hardware as a way to help out OS 4 not only you didn't said on how it was against your question, nor you explained how it would fail to do so, just said it wasn't possible, not that wouldn't be of help.

Apart from the fact that I *motivated* why it is not possible in my very first reply to you, who, on your turn, has been the first one to try to answer my question, I did not fail at all to explain why the hardware you and others presented cannot help: not having a license rules *that* (i.e. Genesi's) hardware out as a possible platform for AOS4.

Now, this is the third time you present the very same useless answer: do you think that repeating it over and over again will make it more valid or what?

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Then you go as far as adding that, 'bbrv themselves' (...) 'insist[s] on the hopeless and (false point) that they already have a license', forgeting that they have indeed a license, and perhaps if you do the math you would acknowledge that:

1. having made a contract where Genesi is granted an Amiga OS, an Amiga OS is due to Genesi. Perhaps it was in the shape of Amiga DE, I don't know, didn't read the contract, besides God knows how many times they and AmigaOS had changed plans, but Genesi shouldn't be the one to blame on missing and continuously exchanging plans*.

Since you are not fully informed, I suggest you learn about the whole story before expressing any comment about it. This very thread is indeed a very good place to start from: read it thoroughly from the very beginning and you'll have a good picture of the situation.

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Sir, I went to the trouble of actually read the branch on where I answered and strangely I could find the references you gave to me,

Why, you expected me to provide false links? Do you realize how bad your insinuation is?

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you expect to present an idea and at the same times assume others had read what you have?

I assume that the people who answer my posts at least know what I'm talking about in those posts. And indeed I do them a great favour by presenting precise references to the parts that would be unconvenient to report directly.

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So had you read an article on slashdot and started dissecting it here without giving factual clues who would be to blame... sir?

What are you blabbering about? Not only you can find everything is in *this* very thread, but I always take care of providing all the clues I'm able to.
The more goofy insinuations from you, the more your behaviour looks trollish.

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Your question, is a simple question,

Right. A simple question that nobody managed to find a valid answer for.

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someone who reads it wouldn't go dissecting all over the thread looking for clues for a question asking if Genesi could help out the OS4 team,

Following the discussion is not as hard as you're trying to make it look. And, anyway, the question has to be considered in the whole, proper context.

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So once again, how so and refering to the non charity venture of Genesi, I would say 'by bringing more hardware', but that can labeled as a trollish attemp, or as some sort of a game or trick, so this time I will only say: by bringing hardware. Hope it's better now

On the contrary, it only makes it worse because you have returned with the same, already countered argument once again. And it looks particularly bad especially now, after this acknowledgement of yours.

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Now, why do you *again* repeat that
Because it seemed the only sensible thing to say, someone asks me what AOS 4 team needs, and Hardware come to mind

What a pity that the answer was not as general as you're trying to make it look: the answer was about *Genesi's* hardware, not *any* hardware.

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Re: Reality check
Posted on 17-Dec-2006 14:29:21
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@lgn

To make this clear, I would not object in ANY way to a Pegasos II version of AmigaOS 4 (or any other Genesi hardware). However, as I am not the one that makes the decision or has any deciding power in this respect, it hasn't happened yet, otherwise it would already have happened two years ago.

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Re: Reality check
Posted on 17-Dec-2006 14:49:17
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@saimo

The only way Genesi could help is if they get a license. Plain and simple. The problem with that is, they do not see why they should pay for a port of AOS4, and nor do they feel they should pay for the priveledge of having AOS4 on thier machines.
Ok this is fair enough, and this also predates any rumblings of lawsuits between Genesi and Amiga Inc. btw.They do want the ability to call thier machines Amiga's and to be able to use that trademark, which is what this is all about.

Genesi wants thier cake and to eat it too, it has always been thus, and unlikely to change, IMO.

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Re: Reality check
Posted on 17-Dec-2006 14:59:54
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The only way Genesi could help is if they get a license.

Agreed.

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Re: Reality check
Posted on 17-Dec-2006 15:00:33
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It's quite obvious that Genesi CAN'T get a licence no matter what, actually it seems that noone can for any HW.

Looking at what kind of demands AInc has set, one can allready rule out any HW thats successfull outside "Amiga", which offcourse means that the 500000$/year-demand can't be fullfilled and we're fullcircle.

AInc wants to get $ for every copy of OS4.
Ainc wants to get $ for every HW sold with OS4.
Ainc wants to get $$$$ for the pure fact that a HW can run OS4.

All that after contributing sweet nothing to the OS.....

So tell me, who has a cake-problem here ??

Btw, Genesi never demanded "OS4 for free", they only demanded a free licence, and maybe a reasonable OEM price for the OS (or to be sold shrinkwrapped indepedant of them).

Basicly the core error in all this is Hyperion accepting a contract where they do all the work, carry all the cost, but then have no (or atleast very little) say on how the result is marketed. Something that can hardly be blamed on Genesi.

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Re: Reality check
Posted on 17-Dec-2006 15:12:00
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@Kronos

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It's quite obvious that Genesi CAN'T get a licence no matter what,

Yes, that looks likely.

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actually it seems that noone can for any HW.

This is indeed disproven by McEwen's words as regards SAM and by the confident words of SAM developers.

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Looking at what kind of demands AInc has set, one can allready rule out any HW thats successfull outside "Amiga", which offcourse means that the 500000$/year-demand can't be fullfilled and we're fullcircle.

AInc wants to get $ for every copy of OS4.
Ainc wants to get $ for every HW sold with OS4.
Ainc wants to get $$$$ for the pure fact that a HW can run OS4.

All that after contributing sweet nothing to the OS.....

So tell me, who has a cake-problem here ??

Surely asking too much for AOS4 would be a bad move by AInc.
However, I'd just like to point out how nobody of us really knows precisely what AInc demands, not to mention that nobody ever considers that AInc's demands may not be fixed for ever and all.

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Btw, Genesi never demanded "OS4 for free", they only demanded a free licence, and maybe a reasonable OEM price for the OS (or to be sold shrinkwrapped indepedant of them).

Has any official source of information leaked? How do you know about what Genesi asked for?

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Re: Reality check
Posted on 17-Dec-2006 15:40:38
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@saimo

>SAM....


Well McBill was allways quite happy bout potential licencees that were still far in the future.

Sofar Amy is just a pipe-dream, only a nonworking proto that needs lots of redesign (to cut down the number of layers and other thinks) has been shown, actual product is still months (probraly several of them) away.

Sofar Amy does not have a licence, and being "confident" doesn't butter the toast here (as prooven by other attempts to get one).


>Genesi demands

Well offcourse I can only speak for what the demanded in public to counter all those claims that they demanded a "free OS4".

McBill did explictly mention a anual revenue of 500000$, and if he didn't mean it, why did he mention it ?

At a (realistic) revenue-rate of 10%, thats 5000000$ in turnover, or 10000 Sams per year, now how realistic ist that ? And more important why should he care ? For him (AInc) selling 5000 units of HW x and 5000 units of HW y should be the same than selling 10000 units of HW z.

For Hyperion on the other side it would be the difference in supporting one extra piece of HW.

So again, why should he care ??

Realistic demands would be:
Get xx$ for every OS4-copy sold by Hyperion (no matter what HW).
Get xxxx$ for HW to be labeled "Amiga".

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Re: Reality check
Posted on 17-Dec-2006 16:17:09
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@saimo

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Since you are not fully informed, I suggest you learn about the whole story before expressing any comment about it. This very thread is indeed a very good place to start from: read it thoroughly from the very beginning and you'll have a good picture of the situation.

Cut the bull and if I'm wrong tell me where exactly I got it wrong.
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Why, you expected me to provide false links? Do you realize how bad your insinuation is?

This now starting to resemble to much with paranoia, I just said to you that on the branch this discussion took place no references from THGM were made and as such they are OT (to the branch that is)
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I assume that the people who answer my posts at least know what I'm talking about in those posts. And indeed I do them a great favour by presenting precise references to the parts that would be unconvenient to report directly.

You assume others to do what yourself don't menage too...
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On the contrary, it only makes it worse because you have returned with the same, already countered argument once again. And it looks particularly bad especially now, after this acknowledgement of yours.

So Genesi's hardware isn't hardware? Happen to knows any other manufacturer bigger then Genesi that gives a flying F on AOS4?
My aknowledgemnt? Of what? That I didn't care with what you were saying? Ok m8 says a lot don't it?.... gee, beside I went on it again and went through the thread because you brought my name back, and I didn't quite agree with your wording so...
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What a pity that the answer was not as general as you're trying to make it look: the answer was about *Genesi's* hardware, not *any* hardware.

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Re: Reality check
Posted on 17-Dec-2006 16:20:20
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@saimo

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saimo wrote:
@IonMane

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The only way Genesi could help is if they get a license.

Agreed.

saimo

And if they have a license they help AOS4 team through providing hardware... see the circle closing now?

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Re: Reality check
Posted on 17-Dec-2006 16:28:52
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@IonMane

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The only way Genesi could help is if they get a license.


The "license" is wrong on so many levels. It's almost a racket.

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Genesi wants thier cake and to eat it too, it has always been thus, and unlikely to change, IMO.


Just who needs the hardware the most? OS4 or Genesi?!

Imagine the scene, I'm hungry and starving and I need the food:

Stranger: Here you go smithy, here's some bread.
Me: NO! You can't give me any bread unless you pay me to accept it.
Stranger: Erm ok, here's 50p.
Me: NO! I will not accept or the food unless you prove you earn $500,000 per year.
Stranger: Um, go on, just take the bread, it will save you from starving.
Me: (extended period of silence)
Stranger: Take the bloody bread!
Me: I'm not talking to you any more.
Stranger: Oh look! I bet him over there will take the bread.
Me: (starved to death).

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Re: Reality check
Posted on 17-Dec-2006 16:29:26
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@Kronos

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>SAM....

Well McBill was allways quite happy bout potential licencees that were still far in the future.

It would be interesting to have a look at all those licensees.
Could you provide a list of McEwen's expressions of happiness and confidence towards potential licensees (possibly as positive and open as in the SAM case)?

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Sofar Amy is just a pipe-dream, only a nonworking proto that needs lots of redesign (to cut down the number of layers and other thinks) has been shown, actual product is still months (probraly several of them) away.

I guess it's only by mistake that you use "Amy" instead of "SAM".
So, as regards SAM: it's more than just a "nonworking proto that needs lots of redesign". Since I cannot speak on behalf of the developers, I'll leave it to them filling in the blanks, if/when they feel like doing so.

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Sofar Amy does not have a licence, and being "confident" doesn't butter the toast here (as prooven by other attempts to get one).

How do you know that Amy does not have a license yet? And, even if so, does it mean it will never get one? Does the fact that others have been confident and seemigly failed mean also that SAM developers are doomed to fail?

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>Genesi demands

Well offcourse I can only speak for what the demanded in public to counter all those claims that they demanded a "free OS4".

Where are those public demands? You provided a quite specific list, and I honestly cannot remember anything like that being publically shared.

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McBill did explictly mention a anual revenue of 500000$, and if he didn't mean it, why did he mention it ?

He did mention that. No denying about it. But since each word of McEwen gets questioned, why ever that line cannot be questioned as well? Moreover, why would that be set in stone forever? What if AInc realized/realizes that it is unrealistic demand? What if that may vary according to the other party? What if that may vary according to other factors? What if that's just a straightforward lie? - I could make conjectures about why he lied, but what would be the use?

Oh, well, I've written - going OT - already too much. Why do we always have to waste time on assumptions and (more or less wild) speculations? I personally don't want to go into yet another AInc-(VS-Hyperion-)VS-Genesi thread.

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Posted on 17-Dec-2006 16:31:34
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@pixie

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And if they have a license they help AOS4 team through providing hardware... see the circle closing now?


I think you're wasting your time. Everyone else can see how Gensei can help with an EFIKA/OS4 combination, but it's honestly like trying to explain colour to a blind man to this guy. I think he's just deliberately trying to wind us up.

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Posted on 17-Dec-2006 16:35:35
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@saimo

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**what* Genesi can do to help and *how* Genesi can do it.


Actually, in all fairness, I don't see one point brought up: Why would Genesi or any other manufacturer want to pay for a licence for something that will not bring them any large profits? Businesses are not charities. Amiga Inc. does not want to understand that they are not a giant that controls a huge market and can impose such nonsense. They should be allowing OS4 to be porting to anything that can sell enough to bring them some profits and keep them floating. *NO* sane hardware manufacturer of any reasonable size will ever pay for such a licence.

In my opinion, Amiga Inc's stance is destroying the investement and efforts of a whole team, including Hyperion.

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Re: Reality check
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@pixie

I don't know if it's because of language barriers, because you want to play games, because you don't want to listen to what I say, because you can't grasp it, because you are too tired, because you are answering in a hurry, because you are a cheerleader, because we live in different worlds, because we just cannot look at the same thing and see the same thing, because or whatever or a mix of whoknowswhat... anyway, I'm tired of repeating the same things over and over again and I feel I've already done my best to explain my reasons to you. The information contributed by me and other in this thread are sufficient to get a grasp of the situation between AInc and Genesi: if you *really* want know and understand, consider reading it.
I feel like I've been wasting my time.

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Posted on 17-Dec-2006 16:42:57
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@pixie

(re-arraging thing for quote levels limits)
Quote:
IonMane wrote:

The only way Genesi could help is if they get a license.

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saimo wrote:

Agreed.

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pixie wrote:

And if they have a license they help AOS4 team through providing hardware... see the circle closing now?

This *is* offensive
But I guess trying to explain you why would be just another waste of time...
/me sighs

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@Darrin

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I think you're wasting your time. Everyone else can see how Gensei can help with an EFIKA/OS4 combination, but it's honestly like trying to explain colour to a blind man to this guy. I think he's just deliberately trying to wind us up.

Just baseless accusations that deserve nothing but an abuse report

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Posted on 17-Dec-2006 16:47:06
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@saimo

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This *is* offensive
But I guess trying to explain you why would be just another waste of time...
/me sighs


Maybe I've missed something, I haven't *carefully* read the posts of this thread, but how is it offensive? I don't see any attacks towards your person.

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@AMiGR

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Actually, in all fairness, I don't see one point brought up: Why would Genesi or any other manufacturer want to pay for a licence for something that will not bring them any large profits? Businesses are not charities.

That's true. And I don't know. Genesi is seeking for a license. People around here are screaming continuously that Genesi should get a license (some go as far as claiming that they already have a license).

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Amiga Inc. does not want to understand that they are not a giant that controls a huge market and can impose such nonsense.

That's true as well. If they are behaving the way you are depicting here, they are doing a pretty bad job.

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They should be allowing OS4 to be porting to anything that can sell enough to bring them some profits and keep them floating.

That's true, but there *are* other deciding factors when choosing partners.

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*NO* sane hardware manufacturer of any reasonable size will ever pay for such a licence.

Well, who really knows how much the license is, after all?

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In my opinion, Amiga Inc's stance is destroying the investement and efforts of a whole team, including Hyperion.

That would be very, very sad. I hope it is not so.

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