In a classic case of "two more weeks", the MorphOS team has actually finally really I'm-not-kidding-you released MorphOS 2.0. This release was long-awaited, and comes packed with so many new features they might as well have called it MorphOS 3.0. "The MorphOS development is proud to announce the public release of the much anticipated version 2.0 of MorphOS. For an overview of the included new features and updates, please read our release notes. A description of the hardware requirements and installation procedures can be found here."
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I'm a bit suprised that a) OSNews editors appearently do not communicate on forehand on such a topic (I'd expect Thom to know about this 2003 review?), that b) they need to communicate to each other via the comment section (I'd expect Eugenia to contact Thom directly) and c) that OSNews (being heavily sponsored and all) cannot provide editors with so little as $150 for doing a review.
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Eugenia has stated many times that she doesn't give a rat's behind about this stuff anymore, and more specifically that she finds her Pegasos a useless brick. Her interest here is a surprise to me too, but a good one too.
And you are all-knowing and all-powerfull enough to know that didn't happen? Because in fact, it did. We discussed this stiff yesterday evening.
Heavily sponsored?
But yes, if it really comes down to it those 150 EUR won't be an issue. We just haven't got that far yet. Genesi has been promising me the review hardware to get a MorphOS review out the door for more than 3 years now, but they never live up to it. Their last promise was "as soon as MorphOS 2.0 is out", so I contacted them last night.
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>I'm a bit suprised that
Honey, you missed lots of episodes.
>a) OSNews editors appearently do not communicate on forehand on such a topic (I'd expect Thom to know about this 2003 review?)
Thom joined OSNews in 2005, two years after I wrote this review.
>, that b) they need to communicate to each other via the comment section (I'd expect Eugenia to contact Thom directly)
We did afterwards. But it's not a big deal thing to start talking about. I don't care about this machine. It's sitting on my office taking space for the last 5 years. In fact, I am not even sure it still works. I have it though, and I am willing to write a review if the company would like one.
> and c) that OSNews (being heavily sponsored and all)
OSNews' ads are not managed by us editors, but by the owner who pays hefty server fees. If we want to write a review for something, we have to ask for a review unit ourselves. In fact, that's how it usually works: companies send software/hardware for reviews, journalists don't buy that stuff.
>cannot provide editors with so little as $150 for doing a review.
If I am going to ask for money from OSNews (I won't) it would be for buying me gadgets for my new interest, which is videography, not operating systems. I don't really care about OSes anymore, but I am around, and if I want to help a product, or ditch a product, I might actually sit my ass down and write an article. But that doesn't mean is what I am interested at these days.
As I told Thom on IM yesterday, if he was in the Bay Area I would give him the Pegasos for free. I know Thom wants to use it and review it much more than I do. It's just that happens that Thom is in The Netherlands, and shipping it back to Europe would be expensive.
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Thanks for the info.
I just saw that it costs $150. I am not sure I will be purchasing it I am afraid. Not for a machine that I won't be using. Although, I don't mind writing a review if the company that sells it sends me a free key. This way everyone wins.