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Blogs, vaporware and product announcements

Posted on: 2006/12/8 19:23 #581

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Found this interesting article today.

I especially like this bit
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As customers, we all want to know what's going to happen in the future, but we will also turn around and beat developers with the very information they share with us. One of the terms we hit them with is, of course, vaporware.

How many times have some Amiga developers shared information only to be beaten with it soon after. Miss a date? Don't worry, somebody will bring it up again and again. Your customer quickly turns from your best friend to your worst enemy as soon as anything goes wrong.

So is it best to keep secret and control when information flows to your potential customers or is it better to spam the web with your blog and endless announcements?

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Re: Will we have to pay?

Posted on: 2006/12/7 17:09 #582

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Good question.

Personally, I think we should have a couple of options.

We have already paid for the OS4 license so some people will rightfully refuse to pay any more. Those people can have an ISO to download and burn their own. For those without broadband I suppose Hyperion should offer a free CD via snail mail though.

There are also some people that would gladly pay some more for a nice OS4 final CD in a sleeve or similar. Maybe include a little special touch like you get with movie DVD special editions these days. I know I wouldn't mind paying some reasonable amount (e.g. $25 USD) for a fancy packaged OS4 final.

Printed manual? No thanks. I'll print it myself if I need it. For those that want one they can buy a printed manual in my opinion.

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Re: New graphics cards supported by AmigaOS 4 final?

Posted on: 2006/12/7 16:46 #583

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@Mitch
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I don't know about the old Matrox cards, maybe one of the beta testers can comment?

You are correct. The Matrox thing applied to AmigaAnywhere (formally AmigaDE) only and is years in the past and long dead.

There is only support for some Radeon cards and the Voodoo 3 (maybe more Voodoo cards?) in the current OS4. What OS4 final will support is a decision for Hyperion to make.

I don't know what the status is of SNAP in OS4 but the makers of the technology have recently discontinued it. This doesn't mean we can't have SNAP of course but it does mean any future gfx cards beyond the current crop will not be supported by SNAP.

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Re: Questions about Troika hardware

Posted on: 2006/12/6 22:24 #584

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@RomanceClip
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I'm still confused.

Aren't we all.

OK, I'll give you some known public info. about Troika NG's projects. Keep in mind anything and everything can (and did already) change without notice.

The Amy'05 project (aka Prometheus) is being headed by a fellow named Ian Stedman. You can read up on him a bit at his web site if you wish. I had an old non-working prototype board (aka the show board) in my hands at AmiWest in October this year. Last we heard was that the actual product is expected to ship mid-2007.

The Panda project is based on UDTech's Home Media Center design. This board was on display at AmiWest as well and I was so happy with it, I took it home with me. I happen to be helping Troika out with some testing duties so I have one. The trouble with the HMC board is that it is a non-standard form factor and has some options Troika don't need for their target markets so it is being reworked before it can be sold to consumers. To the best of my knowledge there has been no further announcements regarding possible shipping dates.

There are some more details I didn't get into (e.g. what options are being removed from the Panda) but that is the gist of things as they are known to the public at this time.

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Re: Start Spreading the news!

Posted on: 2006/12/5 22:30 #585

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Are the Friedens already registered? I hope so.

Yes they are along with a few OS4 developers as well.

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Re: anybody excited about the possibilties of sam

Posted on: 2006/12/5 18:54 #586

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@RomanceClip
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I hope the announcements that the OS4 port is ready and the license from Amiga Inc all happen on the same day they announce shipping schedules.

Personally, I'd rather they skipped any and all public announcements entirely and just ship the product. The "announcement" should be the product is now available for sale from our online store and is shipping immediately.

That said, the SAM440EP would make a fine Amiga computer. Not the most powerful in the world but with that FPGA and all those I/O options it should be a hacker's dream come true.

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Re: Timeline, Please?

Posted on: 2006/12/5 18:35 #587

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@Billsey
The story is long and the end result is we don't have any new Amiga computers to sell you. That is the sad truth.

While we have been waiting for new hardware products to be developed, AmigaOS 4.0 itself has been progressing. As a beta tester I know updates have been continuously appearing since the last update (#4) was released way back at the start of the year.

I also know of several hardware projects on the go. There have been some public OS4 hardware projects announced and being worked on by ACK Software Controls, Troika NG and Trio. To the best of my knowledge, none of these projects have demonstrated OS4 running on their respective hardware to the general public to date so it is very difficult for the public to judge how far along any of them actually are. Needless to say, the armchair critics are having a field day.

In the mean time, I'm using my Eyetech supplied Amiga computers (AmigaOne-XE, MicroA1-C) to keep busy. I haven't fired up my Amiga 3000 in a very long time now.

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Re: Downloads with AWeb

Posted on: 2006/12/5 17:39 #588

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I just implemented support for content-disposition so the next AWeb release will work properly.

This may be a good time to remind people that Andy is not only a great programmer but also a musician. Check out his web site and buy a CD or make a donation if you appreciate his efforts on AWeb.

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Re: Next Gen Amiga OS Hardware Comparison

Posted on: 2006/12/4 17:38 #589

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@pjs
Correction: the Panda board has a single serial port. Using it right now in fact.

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Re: Is AmigaOS secure enough to use online?

Posted on: 2006/12/2 17:19 #590

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@Mitch
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...but AmigaOS4.0 I don't think has a SSH v2+ compliant implementation...

It does now. Will take a while to polish it up and test though. Don't want to just throw OpenSSH on the masses without proper testing.

How is that Amiga security FAQ coming along?

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Re: MUICON for OS4?

Posted on: 2006/11/29 18:06 #591

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I've been toying with NapsaTerm lately as well as OpenSSH.

Anybody else working on something CON: related?

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MUICON for OS4?

Posted on: 2006/11/29 18:02 #592

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COBRA wrote the following in another thread and I thought it is important enough to start a new topic:
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Now that KingCON is being discussed... this is not a problem report, but a feature request:

I would really like to have an advanced shell, like MUICon on MorphOS. KingCON is nice, but often I have 3-4 shell windows open and it becomes quite an effort to shuffle them around, so there a nice tabbed feature like MUICon has would be very useful for me. This is one of the areas which are very well covered in MorphOS, but are lacking in OS4. Is anyone working on something like this, or has some spare time to do it?

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