For quite some time now an ongoing bounty for porting Mozilla to Amiga have been going on, today shocking Amiga news tells us no more. Read below to find out the info.
Sad information, I know the first time I read about AmiZilla was back in 98 or 99, it is quite amazing nothing good really came out of it considering how Amigans are by nature, but I guess at least it gave some hope back in the dark days of 00-01 when the future where shady.
Chicago, Illinois November 19th, 2009
For Immediate Release
It’s with great sadness that we must announce the end of the AmiZilla Booty. The former Netscape Executive has been concerned with the length of the contest for some time and now no longer wishes to participant. Listed below is a statement in his own words about why the contest is over.
“Today I wish to end the AmiZilla Contest, this project has gone on way too long with no project updates from any coders that might have been involved. Some that never even donated to the contest have tried to use it to cast DiscreetFX and myself in a bad light. Rumors were spread that the funds were being used for other things. I take this as a personal insult myself since I am in control of the funds and am of high ethical character. AmiZilla was always about helping the Amiga, AROS & MorphOS community get a modern browser. It was a contest though and without a clear winner the contest was not helping it’s sponsors, mainly DiscreetFX and myself.
Many times I was going to increase my contribution to the bounty considerably but I did not because of rumor spreading and in-fighting. I advise everyone in the Amiga community to do more and talk less in the future. I officially withdraw my AmiZilla funds and hopefully make the Amiga community wiser for it. Actions speak louder than words, this is my action. I do see a light at the end of the tunnel though. The developers of Amiga OS 4.1 have taken it upon themselves to actually do the hard work of porting Firefox to AmigaOS. They would have made the programming team from Netscape proud.”
That’s the end of his statement. He did say the CD is maturing and all the funds minus his contribution will be transferred back to DiscreetFX. Listed below are the options that those that donated have.
1. Transfer your donation to Timberwolf to help that Firefox bounty succeed.
2. Request a refund and have it processed through our accounting department. Your donation was always safe with DiscreetFX. We have never done any type of coupon scams or anything else unethical in the history of the company.
3. Transfer donation to Open Video Toaster. This effort to bring video editing and effects to Amiga OS 4.x, AROS and MorphOS is in need of more donations to make it thrive. AmigaOS, MorphOS & AROS have no video editing applications anywhere near the quality of the Amiga Video Toaster. What they do have is the rare opportunity of the complete source code to this classic best selling system. Use that opportunity wisely!
4. Receive the equivalent of your donation in DFX products.
5. Request your donation goes to Charity Water. Many people in the world are suffering because they don’t have clean water. Help them by transferring your AmiZilla Booty donation to this great charity.
Sorry for the bad news but AmiZilla’s key backer has spoken.
Best regards
DiscreetFX Team
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