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© 1997-2006
Gareth Knight
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After Amiga Inc. repeatedly did not keep up with promises, noproductive contact has been made, Amiga Inc. did not appear atmeetings requested by themselves, and continuously recieved suggestions without any response from their side, A.C.T.(Albrecht Computer Technik, manufacturer of the Prelude soundcards and several audio applications, e.g. Samplitude Opus) hasdecided not to provide Amiga Inc. with the completed ARTAS(streaming kernel).

Despite Amiga Inc. receiving detailed concepts beforehand, thepromised developer discussions never happened, the repeatedlypromised agreement was never completed, and the agreed-uponcontract was never sent to A.C.T..

In the opinion of Marc Albrecht (CEO A.C.T.) the remainingso-called OS 3.5 from Amiga Inc. (without RTA, RTG, serious bugfixes, up-to-date features like a complete(!) TCP/IP stack,network file system, multiuser-support and other) does notrepresent an OS update in the common sense, but only a "pluspack" implemented for commercial profit.

A "plus pack" is, in his opinion, a stand-alone product without aneed for compatibility for developers. Following the futurepolitics, A.C.T. will deliver products only in return ofsomething. ARTAS in its completely reworked and re-programmed version will be published as freeware for Amiga users. Should acompany want to distribute ARTAS bundled with their own products,usual license fees will be charged. This holds true for productsfrom Amiga Inc., too. Third party products already existingon the market will be fully supported where possible (especiallysound cards and drivers), future products will need a licence.

In other words: Amiga OS 3.5 (being NO true OS update, judgingfrom available informations) will not be supported by ARTAS. Changing this situation is the sole responsibility of Amiga Inc.Other software products from A.C.T. will NOT support Amiga OS 3.5 if no licence agreement has been made.

Should Amiga Inc. decide to implement the ARTAS concept in their own products without A.C.T. (even in outlines), A.C.T. will take legal action. Reputable witnesses are available for proving that the concept itself has been designed by Marc Albrecht.

This statement may be distributed in German newsgroups and Fido-Echos. A copy on servers and online-mags is subject toagreement with Marc Albrecht, and only allowed if complete andunchanged. A publication in print media is also subject toagreement with the author. A translation to English is subject toagreement with Marc Albrecht.

Marc Albrecht
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//Hard- and Software Developer // A.C.T. Germany //
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translated by Martin Bautein agreement with Marc Albrecht


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