[Coco] OS-9 has a new owner

[John W. Linville]

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 04:15:07PM -0600, Boisy G. Pitre wrote:
> It was announced today that OS-9 has a new owner. Radisys is
> absolving itself of the product and even the name Microware.
> 
> OS-9 will be resurrected by a new company, Microware LP.  This is a
> Limited partnership formed by OS-9 Distributors Freestation (Japan),
> Microsys Electronics (Germany) and RTSI LLC (USA).
> 
> This means that after some years of dormancy, OS-9
> (68K/Intel/PowerPC/ARM/MIPS/SH-4) is going through somewhat of a
> resurrection.
> 
> I phoned the general partner, Allan Batteiger, whom I've known for
> years, to congratulate him. He runs RTSI and has hosted the RTSI FTP
> site for years.
> 
> We had a good discussion, and I brought up the subject of the
> NitrOS-9 Project. He is aware of it, of course, and while Microware
> LP is still in the process of acquiring all of the OS-9 assets,
> he assured me that within a month or two, we'll discuss how the
> NitrOS-9 Project can be legitimized. I am going to push for some type
> of sponsorship from Microware.. not in terms of monetary sponsorship,
> but legitimization, allowance of the use of the name OS-9 (which is
> a registered trademark) and some support in terms of mention on their
> website, etc.
> 
> It may also require us actually dropping the "Nitr" and just
> calling the product "OS-9/6809" or some such. I'm actually in favor
> of that move.
> 
> I'll keep everyone posted about this as things develop.

Wow, that is really cool!  I hope that works out!  Let's hope for
a nice, clean "open source" license for the 6809 code as well --
I'm happy to consult on the choice of a license... :-)

John
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