No one who’s in control of the Amiga code will likely have enough money to sue anyone exploiting the code, nor would they have the inclination to sue… Any development for the Amiga at this point will be beneficial, whether it’s based off leaked code or not.Īnd since it’d be an “accident”, there wouldn’t be any messy lawsuits from any who might still hold a stake in the code itself, for the new ownsers to fend off. This just assures that any programmers considering spending the time and effort neccesary to master a new platform will wisely spend it on a more profitable one.Īn “oops” source code release could actually benefit the Amiga platform though. The Amiga owners have been so unreliable in the past that most developers have invested their time & efforts elsewhere. This is one more hammer in a already-overnailed’ coffin.Įven if they do release product in the future, this just assures that there will be few, if any developers there to support the platform with new or ported software. When OS4 was announced I was skeptical, but watched closesly to see if Amiga could return from the dead. Unless there’s an open-sourcing, or an “accidental” release of the source in the Net, I can’t see the anything coming of the Amiga any longer. Unless the new Amiga owners like owning intellectual property with a smaller user base than say the Timex Sinclair, I’d strongly urge them to consider open sourcing some of the Amiga code ASAP. In Monty Python terms, this is the guy whacking the “I’m not dead yet” dude one with his hammer while John Cleese looks away.

You’re eternally optimistic, I’ll give you that Mike! IMO the deal holds much promise and my congratulations to Garry Hare and his team on acquiring Amiga Inc’s AmigaOS rights.

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