After Amiga Inc. repeatedly did not keep up with promises, no productive contact has been made, Amiga Inc. did not appear at meetings requested by themselves, and continuously recieved suggestions without any response from their side, A.C.T. (Albrecht Computer Technik, manufacturer of the Prelude sound cards and several audio applications, e.g. Samplitude Opus) has decided not to provide Amiga Inc. with the completed ARTAS (streaming kernel). Despite Amiga Inc. receiving detailed concepts beforehand, the promised developer discussions never happened, the repeatedly promised agreement was never completed, and the agreed-upon contract was never sent to A.C.T.. In the opinion of Marc Albrecht (CEO A.C.T.) the remaining so-called OS 3.5 from Amiga Inc. (without RTA, RTG, serious bug fixes, up-to-date features like a complete(!) TCP/IP stack, network file system, multiuser-support and other) does not represent an OS update in the common sense, but only a "plus pack" implemented for commercial profit. A "plus pack" is, in his opinion, a stand-alone product without a need for compatibility for developers. Following the future politics, A.C.T. will deliver products only in return of something. ARTAS in its completely reworked and re-programmed version will be published as freeware for Amiga users. Should a company want to distribute ARTAS bundled with their own products, usual license fees will be charged. This holds true for products from Amiga Inc., too. Third party products already existing on the market will be fully supported where possible (especially sound cards and drivers), future products will need a licence. In other words: Amiga OS 3.5 (being NO true OS update, judging from 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 to agreement with Marc Albrecht, and only allowed if complete and unchanged. A publication in print media is also subject to agreement with the author. A translation to English is subject to agreement with Marc Albrecht. Marc Albrecht ----------------------------------------------------- //Hard- and Software Developer // A.C.T. Germany // ----------------------------------------------------- translated by Martin Bautein agreement with Marc Albrecht