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On Dec 5, 10:15*pm, Puddle <Pud...@invalid.xx> wrote:
> Has anyone had a look at or used AmigaOS 4?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOS_4
>
> It doesn't look too bad!
>
> Ahh just the name Amiga brings back fond memories.. , though for me it
> was defending my Atari ST against the Amiga crowd...

You might be interested to read this...

http://arstechnica.com/articles/cult...gaos41-ars.ars

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Cheers
Anton

AD. wrote:

> http://arstechnica.com/articles/cult...gaos41-ars.ars

Doomed to remain bogged down in lawsuits due fundamentally to corporate greed. Rather like RISCOS <http://osnews.com/story/20632/RISCOS_Ltd_Might_Take_Legal_Action_Against_RISC_OS _Open_Ltd>.

It seems like anything to do with the "Amiga" name is jinxed; any company that touches any of it is fated to go bankrupt.

Why? Because they insist in thinking that the software is worth something, when it's not. Why not just open-source the thing, and be done with it? But no, it's precious "intellectual property" that they must safeguard, even at the cost of destroying their businesses.

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:33:19 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<_zealand> wrote:

>AD. wrote:
>
>> http://arstechnica.com/articles/cult...gaos41-ars.ars
>
>Doomed to remain bogged down in lawsuits due fundamentally to corporate greed. Rather like RISCOS <http://osnews.com/story/20632/RISCOS_Ltd_Might_Take_Legal_Action_Against_RISC_OS _Open_Ltd>.
>
>It seems like anything to do with the "Amiga" name is jinxed; any company that touches any of it is fated to go bankrupt.
>
>Why? Because they insist in thinking that the software is worth something, when it's not. Why not just open-source the thing, and be done with it? But no, it's precious "intellectual property" that they must safeguard, even at the cost of destroying their businesses.
>
>Stupid, stupid, stupid.


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On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:33:19 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<_zealand> wrote:

>AD. wrote:
>
>> http://arstechnica.com/articles/cult...gaos41-ars.ars
>
>Doomed to remain bogged down in lawsuits due fundamentally to corporate greed. Rather like RISCOS <http://osnews.com/story/20632/RISCOS_Ltd_Might_Take_Legal_Action_Against_RISC_OS _Open_Ltd>.
>
>It seems like anything to do with the "Amiga" name is jinxed; any company that touches any of it is fated to go bankrupt.
>
>Why? Because they insist in thinking that the software is worth something, when it's not. Why not just open-source the thing, and be done with it? But no, it's precious "intellectual property" that they must safeguard, even at the cost of destroying their businesses.
>
>Stupid, stupid, stupid.


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