Time for another update!

Things are happening on the Amiga/Workbench scene!

Hyperion has decided to release a parallel contemporary version of Workbench 3.1!


Click!


As an interesting note, that connects to the essence of this thread: Hyperion is going all-in on the use of "Workbench" name!

Hyperion has always used "AmigaOS" when communicating, since this is a trade mark they have an exclusive license to use. And it contains the word "Amiga". Which is good, they have reasoned, a lot of values attached to that brand, and some people buy the stuff for this reason alone, no matter what it is.

It's always "AmigaOS".

But not in this case, suddenly it's rather the opposite. Except the mentioning of the term "AmigaOS" in a general manner at the end in the initial press release headline, they are not talking about "AmigaOS" one single time, not once! But all the three paragraphs on the front page, and all three subsequent pages linked to from this page, are totally flooded with "Workbench" references, and no, not references to workbench as some "window manager", but Workbench as the product name, the actual name of the Operating System, of the product they sell!

Even the product listing in their web shop doesn't use "AmigaOS", but "Workbench 3.1 for desktop Amigas - FREE Workbench 1.3.3 ... - 3.1 (40.43)".



Workbench® is a registered trade mark, owned by Cloanto, used to market their Workbench 3.1 products (they own the OS as well).