So is PearPC dead?
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So is PearPC dead?
There hasn't been a new official release in ages. Is PearPC dead in the water?
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Yes, there hasn't been much change in the CVS in the last few months, but one thing I have noticed is that the hardware MMU branch compiles (not that it boots ok or anything) in contrast to a few weeks ago when it didn't.
Anyways, if Seppel decided to abandon it, someone else should take over. We can't let PearPC die.
Anyways, if Seppel decided to abandon it, someone else should take over. We can't let PearPC die.
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There seems enough good stuff in the main CVS now to merit an official 0.4 release, native CD-ROM alone should deserve a release IMO.
*Maybe* they are holding back because they are close to completing another major improvement?
I guess the HW-MMU development is the big challenge right now, and they admit it's proving tricky. But if it improves PearPC as much as they reckon, then I don't mind waiting.
*Maybe* they are holding back because they are close to completing another major improvement?
I guess the HW-MMU development is the big challenge right now, and they admit it's proving tricky. But if it improves PearPC as much as they reckon, then I don't mind waiting.
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Maui X-Stream still announces Cherry OS to appear soon.
PearPC development hasn't heard of Sebastian for quite some time now.
So a rather bold thought just slipped into my mind, and now is slipping out of my fingers:
What about combining the two: Sebastian selling out to Maui X-Stream and coming up with an improved PearPC alias Cherry OS?
Or is this really too bold a thought?
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PearPC development hasn't heard of Sebastian for quite some time now.
So a rather bold thought just slipped into my mind, and now is slipping out of my fingers:
What about combining the two: Sebastian selling out to Maui X-Stream and coming up with an improved PearPC alias Cherry OS?
Or is this really too bold a thought?
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and they still do have a look at cherryOs brand new web page
http://www.mxsinc.com/pages.php?cid=MDEwMDA4
and there announcing it for 49.95$
http://www.mxsinc.com/pages.php?cid=MDEwMDA4
and there announcing it for 49.95$
Let me try to explain my line of thought-experiment, and let it be clear this is not what I think is going on. But it's possible:
Maui X-Stream makes an announcement stating they deliver an OSX emulator, that clearly seems to be a rip-off from Pearpc.
To not loose face after the hustle this announcement creates, they have to deliver something. So they contact the main Pearpc developer with an offer he can't refuse, him being an ill-funded student.
He then starts to rework and amend Pearpc so it can become CherryOS. While doing this he obviously can't contribute to the open source project.
So the reason for it is money, and maybe some extra resources for programming stuff.
Now I don't know if this is happening, it's all conjecture. And I mean not to harm or destroy anyones reputation by this.
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Maui X-Stream makes an announcement stating they deliver an OSX emulator, that clearly seems to be a rip-off from Pearpc.
To not loose face after the hustle this announcement creates, they have to deliver something. So they contact the main Pearpc developer with an offer he can't refuse, him being an ill-funded student.
He then starts to rework and amend Pearpc so it can become CherryOS. While doing this he obviously can't contribute to the open source project.
So the reason for it is money, and maybe some extra resources for programming stuff.
Now I don't know if this is happening, it's all conjecture. And I mean not to harm or destroy anyones reputation by this.
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Cat_7 wrote:So they contact the main Pearpc developer with an offer he can't refuse, him being an ill-funded student.
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Look at the horrible job Maui did with trying to fake their "revolutionary emulator." Sure looks like to me they don't have all that much bucks there. Where would they ever find enough money to make an "offer PearPC can't refuse?"
PearPC is GNU/GPL (I think, could be BSD, eitherway the code *must* be published). Thusly they've got to fork over code if they're selling binaries (GNU allows you to sell the service of creating binaries, but you must also publish the source that created those biniaries). So if he's "amending" pearPC in the interest of gaining money from MXS, he's doing it illegally. Assuming it's GNU/GPL, then you can't change licesnes mid-stream with GNU. Once GNU, always GNU.Cat_7 wrote:Let me try to explain my line of thought-experiment, and let it be clear this is not what I think is going on. But it's possible:
Maui X-Stream makes an announcement stating they deliver an OSX emulator, that clearly seems to be a rip-off from Pearpc.
To not loose face after the hustle this announcement creates, they have to deliver something. So they contact the main Pearpc developer with an offer he can't refuse, him being an ill-funded student.
He then starts to rework and amend Pearpc so it can become CherryOS. While doing this he obviously can't contribute to the open source project.
So the reason for it is money, and maybe some extra resources for programming stuff.
Now I don't know if this is happening, it's all conjecture. And I mean not to harm or destroy anyones reputation by this.
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If they had ripped the source code without him knowing, then he would have probably written an angry rant on his website. I know I would. And looking at slashdot, it does obvouly look like it is based on pearpc. However a google search of the website for cherry os shows nothing..Cat_7 wrote:Let me try to explain my line of thought-experiment, and let it be clear this is not what I think is going on. But it's possible:
Maui X-Stream makes an announcement stating they deliver an OSX emulator, that clearly seems to be a rip-off from Pearpc.
To not loose face after the hustle this announcement creates, they have to deliver something. So they contact the main Pearpc developer with an offer he can't refuse, him being an ill-funded student.
He then starts to rework and amend Pearpc so it can become CherryOS. While doing this he obviously can't contribute to the open source project.
So the reason for it is money, and maybe some extra resources for programming stuff.
Now I don't know if this is happening, it's all conjecture. And I mean not to harm or destroy anyones reputation by this.
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