| From: | Aaron Ruscetta |
| Date: | 17 Aug 2000 at 03:38:18 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: Sidegrade |
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, 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.
An understandable point, but who are you expecting to be paying for
all these different packages then??
Until the platform independent release, each seperately targeted
version is going to unavoidably incur its own, entirely seperate set
of costs for creation, packaging, production and distribution. I
firmly believe the users/developers that want other platform dependent
options should be willing to pay for ALL the costs and resources
involved in doing so, independent of any other offerings. If enough
feel that a BeOS, or Mac or windoze SDK is worthwhile and can convince
AI to invest the resources, then they should be willing to pay for
the cost of providing their special interest option.
Having invested in the Linux SDK, I have less than 0 interest in a
windoze release. Not only is the Linux platform vastly more efficient
and effective for running the actual SDK and VP software, but my
opinion is that the Linux environment is also more consistent with the
whole "independent" and "alternative" goal of a new Amiga. I don't
think that the dollars I've spent for a Linux SDK have any business
what-so-ever being spent on other platform dependent SDK's; the
package I bought and the goals I've invested in have nothing to do
with windoze or Mac or Be.
If others out there want see a Mac or BeOS or windoze dependent SDK
and can get AI to make one in the next few months, great; just please
have the common decency to pay for it out of your own wallet.
peace
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