a976@mindlink.UUCP (Ron Tarrant) (01/25/91)
> dave@csis.dit.csiro.au writes: > > Why doesn't Commodore make "Amiga Transformer" freely distributable, > or at least offer the source (free) under some non-disclosure > agreement to some Amiga hobby programmers who can turn it into > a useful binary-only freely-distributable piece of software? > (maybe me) > > Dave Campbell Here's a question you can ask yourself, Dave... If you had the plans for a light-powered automobile and you were currently selling pre-assembled versions of it for $1200.00 per unit, would you rent a billboard and plaster the plans up for everyone to see? I don't mean to be facious, Dave. I'm just trying to say that Commodore, like all other companies in this free-enterprise system, is motivated (at some point) by profit. I don't think they'll give away the Transformer code while they still have BridgeBoards to sell. :-) -Ron Tarrant
dave@csis.dit.csiro.au (David Campbell) (01/25/91)
Why doesn't Commodore make "Amiga Transformer" freely distributable,
or at least offer the source (free) under some non-disclosure
agreement to some Amiga hobby programmers who can turn it into
a useful binary-only freely-distributable piece of software?
(maybe me)
Come on Commodore, don't just sit on the source!
[1] As far as I know you can't buy it anymore.
[2] Its slow and doesn't do graphics as it is.
[3] Internally its completely position independant like a macintosh
program, and its as ugly as the old dos.library.
Whats it written in? BCPL???
Dave Campbell
dave@csis.dit.csiro.auandy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel) (01/26/91)
In article <1991Jan25.045117.22018@csis.dit.csiro.au> dave@csis.dit.csiro.au (David Campbell) writes: > >Why doesn't Commodore make "Amiga Transformer" freely distributable, >or at least offer the source (free) under some non-disclosure For some reason, this gets asked a lot; Basically, it was done by a 3rd party developer who owns it, and the source. We can't give it out. >Come on Commodore, don't just sit on the source! > >[1] As far as I know you can't buy it anymore. >[2] Its slow and doesn't do graphics as it is. >[3] Internally its completely position independant like a macintosh > program, and its as ugly as the old dos.library. > >Whats it written in? BCPL??? Its 100% assembler. > >Dave Campbell >dave@csis.dit.csiro.au Why not try and write your own ? You may find it harder than yo think, but yours may turn out quick, position dependent, and prettier than the old dos library. andy -- andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. "God was able to create the world in only seven days because there was no installed base to consider." Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.
peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (01/28/91)
In article <1991Jan25.045117.22018@csis.dit.csiro.au> dave@csis.dit.csiro.au (David Campbell) writes: > >Why doesn't Commodore make "Amiga Transformer" freely distributable, >or at least offer the source (free) under some non-disclosure >agreement to some Amiga hobby programmers who can turn it into >a useful binary-only freely-distributable piece of software? >Come on Commodore, don't just sit on the source! Quite simple: Commodore doesn't have the source. It was made by some other company and Commodore got the right to distribute it. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk