Amigaworld has obtained a lengthy interview with KMOS CEO Garry Hare, the new Amiga OS owner.
AmigaOS: Interview with KMOS CEO Garry Hare
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Great interview.
One of the best reads EVER on AW
Frankly, there is no way to verify anything. So far, all we have is one sites word on anything. Would not be the first nor last time that this kind of interview is nothing other than a con job. Not saying it is, just saying there is no method of verifying anything in this interview, it’s just one mans word, and no evidence it is even the man claimed it is. Conversely, no evidence it is not either. It is all very confusing, this lack of information. I hope it clears out over the next few weeks, and that KMOS is a lot better at handling the Amiga IP than Amiga, Inc was. (if this *is* Garry Hare, he knows about the deal I tried to work out with Amiga, Inc 3 years ago. The option for it has opened up again, and I would be more than happy to work with KMOS to finalize a deal to both companies benefit)
Nate, is this the best you can do? I mean surely you have his business card and can contact him that way…
Nate, why not contact KMOS at the address Garry Hare gave near the end of his interview? Alternatively, you can do a whois on the KMOS domain and contact the domain owner. I’m sure you’ll get plenty of verification either way.
Fact is, Garry Hare is real, KMOS is real and the interview is/was real.
Hopefully KMOS will expand on their plans for AmigaOS, both on the desktop (beyond OS4) and in other new directions.
The interview was very interesting. It is good to see that AOS now has a strong parent company it needs to drive it forward. Amiga is coming back
Hey, I have to repeat the comment that this was an excellent read. I do wish, however, that people would proofread their writing. Or ask someone else to proofread it for them. I caught over 10 typos and probably more are there that I didn’t notice. The typos were strange, too. Was he allowing MS Word to correct his grammar? They look a lot like the kinds of “corrections” Word’s grammar checker recommends. (that grammar checker is about 50% worse than WordPerfect’s grammar checker, which I didn’t like either). I would hope someone with a PhD would have thought to proofread his work. He seems to write well, otherwise. Anyway, his candor and writing style were otherwise quite appreciated. Even if I have little to no real interest in the whole Amiga saga.
Quoted from Gary Hare’s comments:
“In my view some wild and reckless claims were publicly being made regarding the ownership, control and right of use of our intellectual property. When it comes to protecting IP [Intellectual Property] you have two choices. If, for example, a company was selling a product based on IP without benefit of a signed distribution agreement, you can just sit back a while and let them sell it. A little later in the process you might want to contact them and say, “hey, I think you owe me a little money”.”
This made me think about Palm and yellowTAB, the other endless soap opera.
I did mail that address to no responce. Also tried to contact the listed phone # from their incorporation papers, no connection. So, as of right now, it is still unverified. Not saying it’s false, just unverified as it stands.
The guy is either a genius or a conman.
If he’s a genius, why have I not heard of him.
Beware.
From my Atari 7800 game manual for Lucasfilm Games’ (now LucasArts) Ballblazer, (c) 1985, 1987 LFL, (c) 1987 Atari Corp.:
…David Riordan and Garry Hare of Search and Design, design.
Garry Hare is a real person. He’s been in the “multimedia” industry for a very long time. If this ain’t him, this guy’s sure done his homework.
@Nate
“Frankly, there is no way to verify anything.”
How true. Frankly, we have no verification that -you- aren’t just RV in a mask. 😉
If you did a little research you could verify. Do a google search and you’ll get a ton of references to me, some even including an email address which I do respond to. (some including an old one that’s long-dead too I’d note)