04 April 2024, 07:36 | #1 |
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Interview with Camilla Boeman (AmigaOS 68k developper)
Obligement magazine is today publishing an interview with Camilla Boeman, from the AmigaOS 68k development team, who is breathing new life into this legendary operating system.
In English: http://obligement.free.fr/articles_t...boemann_en.php In French: en français: http://obligement.free.fr/articles/i...llaboemann.php |
04 April 2024, 14:46 | #2 |
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That's a very interesting read. Thanks for sharing!
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04 April 2024, 17:50 | #3 |
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Thank you for the rare look inside the development of 3.2, and for all the work that the developers do. Unpaid at that!
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04 April 2024, 20:51 | #5 |
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Thank you for this interview. An interesting reading
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04 April 2024, 21:18 | #6 |
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I did wonder how they could afford to pay programmers to work on this.
The model of a curated team of low drama experienced contributors sounds like a workable way for people with a personal vested interest to keep involved with something they want to make better and continue using themselves. While I am not sure that a process of open sourcing would necessarily freeze these developers or Hyperion, it definitely wouldn't just be clapping your hands to magically make it happen. It'd likely be a nightmare of resolving rights. Possibly the only way to do it would be to have a large legal fund established by the community. Count me out, I don't care that much. |
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Nice read. I think it's the first time I ever read that a mother encouraged her kid to get an Amiga :-) My parent's had zero knowledge about computers in the 80s.
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04 April 2024, 21:43 | #8 |
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Never used Morphos/AOS4 or Aros ? That is just a very strange attitude for a developer in this scene, would be wise to see the great solutions done over all these years!
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04 April 2024, 23:01 | #9 |
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The team is aware of the other solutions. There are a lot of OS4 features, in particular, that would be nice to have but many are rather expensive in terms of CPU/RAM/ROM requirements; we want something that is usable on a more or less stock machine.
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Super cool read, lots of interesting insights there. Much respect for doing this pro bono.
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From the interview:
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Quote:
https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN...-00011-EN.html You don't have to take my word for it (full disclosure: I'm not Ben Hermans' biggest fan): the court documents are all linked to from the news item. The most relevant is this one. The only source for the "Ben Hermans won!" claim is the Hyperion press release linked to in the last paragraph of the news item. It's just another Ben Hermans lie. Last edited by Korodny; 05 April 2024 at 08:15. |
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05 April 2024, 02:02 | #14 |
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I really enjoyed this interview.
I completely understand and agree with her comments on why they have chosen not to be paid. Choosing not to be paid for something takes a whole lot of pressure off your shoulders to perform and to get things done under a deadline. |
05 April 2024, 02:18 | #15 |
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Cool interview, great reading.
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05 April 2024, 05:24 | #16 |
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@Korodny FYI your 'this one' link doesn't work
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05 April 2024, 07:47 | #17 |
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[OT]From the outside and after reading the provided link, the prism is not correctly aligned for sure. In an anothet side, if you look at what could have be stated, that the court decides that the one in front of you has no legitimisation to sue you, is a victory in the case.[/OT]
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Also note that the case that has been closed now was about both parties suing each other, while the one case that remains open is about Amiga Corp. suing Hyperion. IANAL and all that, but to me it seems Hyperion's claims ("breach of contract" etc.) are history now. Also note that Hyperion tried to register various Amiga related trademarks ("AmigaOS", "AmigaOne") at the beginning of all this but gave up on these efforts years ago. But here we have Camilla stating in public that the "court has ruled that Hyperion has the rights to develop...". In other words: mission accomplished. @cloverskull: Thanks, fixed. Last edited by Korodny; 05 April 2024 at 09:19. |
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Fantastic interview. Always great getting to know the team who work on our favourite OS.
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05 April 2024, 13:53 | #20 |
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Yep great interview and great site!
Some very nice things coming in the upcoming years. |
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