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RISCOS Ltd / RISC OS Open Ltd Joint Press Release

Steve Revill — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:00:00 +0000

Right back to the days of Acorn, there have been two distinct strands of RISC OS development. These two strands were developed to exploit different markets and hardware platforms. The Castle Technology strand is used in a number of products, including the IYONIX PC and various set top boxes. The RISCOS Ltd strand is also used in a number of different products, including the A9Home, the VirtualAcorn range of software emulators and as upgrades to existing Acorn computers via the RISC OS Select scheme.

Sources to both strands are available free of charge to developers. One strand is gradually being published under the Castle Technology Shared Source initiative by RISC OS Open Ltd. The RISCOS Ltd strand is available to Registered Developers and Hardware Manufacturers under NDA or as part of the Authorised Manufacturer Scheme, for both commercial and non-commercial exploitation.

Today, RISC OS Open (ROOL) and RISCOS Ltd (ROL) are pleased to announce an agreement to enable co-operation in the development of these two strands of RISC OS.

"RISCOS Ltd / RISC OS Open Ltd Joint Press Release" by Steve Revill (20)

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:47:29 +0000

Humble apologies for that. I made a change to our PayPal configuration and had no idea that it would affect our pre-existing Donate button. The PayPal account management pages are a bit of a nightmare to be honest…

"RISCOS Ltd / RISC OS Open Ltd Joint Press Release" by Andrew Hodgkinson (6)

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:51:37 +0000

That’s a fault in the PayPal process – you should not be asked for postage. Until we get it fixed, please donate £2 less than you intended; the total, including the bogus postage charge, will be at the intended amount.

Sorry for the difficulties and many thanks for your donation – it’s very much appreciated.

"RISCOS Ltd / RISC OS Open Ltd Joint Press Release" by David R. Lane (77)

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:01:21 +0000

The joint press release from ROOL and ROL is good news. Let’s hope it works out well. Cheers, Dave Lane

PS When I tried to donate to ROOL through the web site and PAYPAL, 2GBP was added on for postage and packing. :-( So do you simply donate 2GBP less than you intend to give?