| From: | John Niclasen |
| Date: | 15 Aug 2000 at 10:45:45 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: Sidegrade |
Liam Welford wrote:
> This new OE/OS or whatever you like to call it is designed to be platform
> independent, and for this reason I feel when you pay for the SDK you should
> be given the right to use it on whatever hosted enviroment you want, as and
> when the SDK is available for that OS.
>
> I think the Windows hosted SDK is a great move, however those people who
> have already payed for the Linux hosted SDK, and would have preferred a
> Windows version aren't all going to be willing to shell out money again.
>
> I can't pretend I know how much work this could involve because I don't, it
> just seems to me it would in the best interests of Amiga to enforce the
> platform independent nature of the code by allowing owners of the SDK,
> versions for whichever platforms they choose as and when the are supported,
> either by download or paying the costs to cover an updated cd (which need
> not be much).
>
> It just seems some what stupid to me, that developers are charged to run the
> SDK on newly supported hosted OS's with a system that promotes platform
> indepence, with the end goal of users not needing to pay for new software
> versions when they change hardware or the hosting OS.
See it as software-packages. When the system is finished, you buy a
piece of software for it. This one copy run on every platform, so you
only have to buy one copy. With the SDK, you may have to have 2
different packages for 2 different platforms (with manuals and all), so
it's fair, if you have to pay at least something for that extra package.
If the manuals are the same, you may only need a cd, but remember that
every new product means extra cost for the company, that produce them. 2
different Windows SDK (with/without manuals) means extra cost (in
management, production and so) for Amiga Inc.
My 2 cent.
Have a nice day!
John Niclasen
Denmark.
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