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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Amiga programmers in deep shit...
- Date: 16 Jan 1996 17:35:10 +0100
- Organization: dis-
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- marcone@xs1.xs4all.nl (Marco Nelissen) writes:
-
- >By now it's most obvious that you guys will never agree.
- >Question; what do the both of think of this:
- >1 - AT publishes complete hardware programming info for
- > all future Amigas. Reason: programming the hardware
- > directly is much more fun, and some people simply WANT
- > to do so.
-
- Well, if you publish that at a nominal cost it probably
- avoids the most embarassing cases of "fooling around".
- Changing hardware slightly between different models will
- probably do more than hiding information.
-
- >2 - At the same time, software companies can obtain a
- > 'Designed for AmigaOS' logo for their software, which
- > they will only get if it doesn't bang the hardware.
- > That way customers will know whether or not the software
- > they buy is system-legal.
-
- I doubt that this would work until the customers had a clear
- image on what was "system-legal" or not.
-
- --
- Michael van Elst
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