A sad day

[nicholas]

I never thought it would be me saying this first but BRING BACK FRANKO!

Plenty of nuts for his squirrels here lol

[nicholas]

Trying to get back on topic, that article linked makes sense.  Trevor has been very vocal that they are looking to sell the hardware at what they consider "cost" or very close to it, and hope to make profit through software (AMIstore, etc.).  This business model makes it difficult to have a reseller channel - you can't expect a reseller to not expect some kind of margin for something you want them to sell and support.  I believe A-Eon expects resellers to tack on profit by selling accessories, assembling complete systems, etc., but I'm not sure what the potential is there.

What I don't understand is how this wasn't clear to begin with.  Was AOTL expecting something different?  I'd be interested in hearing their side of things.  

The reality, though, is if they are committed to the market they need to work within the structure that's in place.  Yes, it's pretty crappy that AmigaKit and A-Eon are basically one and the same, but they can't change that.

If the article is correct, then I assume it's more than just the pricing of the boards that has caused Aaron to make this decision.

It usually comes out in the wash, so we just have to wait until someone spills the beans.

[nicholas]

Whilst I was not just refereeing to EU part , your assertion of the ethnicity of someone else we will ignore for now.
 
 Being in Europe was not just about what we get out of it, that is a very Tory attitude.  Us being in Europe was benefit to lots of outer countries.  But everybody is too busy caring about imaginary borders on pieces of paper to care about their fellow man

Spot on!

Plus I'm sure Bozzer will be just as ecstaticly happy when Scotland, Wales, and Ulster get their independence from a govt they didn't elect running their affairs from a foreign country (England) that merely gives them back their own money whilst telling them what to spend it on.

The UK is "better together"? Sounds like a load of collectivist pinko rubbish eh?

[BozzerBigD]

@nicholas

The UK is "better together"? Sounds like a load of collectivist pinko rubbish eh?

The UK has proven its worth and the Westminster Parliament is far more robust than the devolved parliaments/assemblies with its dual house structure which considers and amends laws hence meaning there are less bad ones once the legislature is signed in. The Welsh Assembly will attempt to ban the smacking of children senselessly meddling in the affairs of family life! The Scottish Parliament is a complete mess by comparison producing unworkable rubbish like the Named Person Scheme which is being quietly shelved because it directly contradicts patient/doctor confidentiality amongst other valued principles (such as a parent actually being kept in the loop regarding the welbeing of their child).

Plus the union keeps wackos like Nicola Sturgeon in check who otherwise would be an apprentice Angela Merkel. Talk about a bad advert for proportional representation!! All the SNP MSPs are completely in the pocket of Sturgeon because their loyality is to the party (due the party list system) rather than the electorate! A rotten and awful system much like the European Commission. Maybe that's way Sturgeon wants to stay in the corrupt EU?

[Iggy]

Ahh, Nationalism: Teaches you to be proud of sh1t you didn't do and hate people you've never met.

Keeping the stupid occupied since time immemorial.....

Thanks Nik,
I think at least you understand that I was just trying to set a fire under the Brits.
And it IS just banter.
Scots, the Welsh, the Irish...I think we've all traditional enjoyed tweaking the noses of friends in the Empire for some time.

Its far too easy.

AND you ARE right, this whole situation about AOTL (and no doubt other distributors) is bound to come out eventually.

BTW - Those last comments last night were due, in part, because I was in the middle of a bad migraine, right after a late visit to my alma mater.
So, I acknowledge they were unduly harsh.

[JimmiG]

The only problem with that compromise is you get similar performance to your emulated system, but it is more affordable and you get video support.
I'm just not interested in using a cpu with a crippled fpu.

We don't know yet how crippled the FPU will be under AmigaOS. It might not be that bad, and many (most) applications don't even use FPU. Besides I have 8x FPU's at 4 GHz in the other box if for some reason I need to do something FPU heavy.
It would be silly to use something like the X5000 under AmigaOS for FPU heavy tasks anyway, where it's single-threaded.

[jj]

To all those complaining, do you forget the glory days of this forum under Wayne when pretty much every thread was full of light hearted banter like this? It's only recently this place has gotten so aspie-like.

ahh the days when people  actually used this forum and here would be tens if not hindered od active users logged in at a time.

and nearly every thread descended into heated debate.

I miss those days,  but never franko

[Raffaele]

WALES, part of the United Kingdom but definitely NOT England!

Wales is a country in southwest Great Britain known for its rugged coastline, mountainous national parks, distinctive Welsh language and Celtic culture. Cardiff, the capital, is a refined coastal city with a nightlife scene and a medieval castle with ornate Gothic Revival interiors.

[CUT]

Famous Coastline seen in Dr Who: Southerndown nr Bridgend, South Wales
 
 

Rugged coastlines are great!



Butterfly ties are great!

[Terminills]

No idea where you've got Pakistani from but then again to a Little Englander "all Muslims are Pakis" eh?

I'll celebrate when we get rid of our unelected Prime Minister for sure and do a double celebration if/when we get rid of that benefit scrounging family that lord it over us too.

What? Wait you're not?   :rofl:  There goes my image of each religion having it's cookie cutter followers. >.<

[tone007]

Amiga In The Lake!


...hubris.

[Iggy]

Amiga In The Lake!


...hubris.

I rather like that one! :roflmao:

Nice to see some humor injected back into this.

BTW - All of you, I miss Frank. But then, I miss Cammy too (who, btw, like me is a friend of Franko's).

What I miss, is tolerance for other directions in all things Amiga.
AND, a good argument (not a stupid one).

[outrun1978]

@Sacc-Guy

 Both the words 'United' stand for an amalgam of constituent states or nations that are stronger together but different in their history and in the case of Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England constitute different races of people with different cultures and traditions.

And long may we remain a United Kingdom :-)

[jj]

Who was the other lunatic who  did that cover of only amiga makes it possible and ripped loads of people off and was a dick

[Debaser]

Merlanida (sp)? or was it that milspec guy from Oregon???

Edit: Doommaster aka Doomy! How could I forget. I am getting old.

[nicholas]

Who was the other lunatic who  did that cover of only amiga makes it possible and ripped loads of people off and was a dick

Doom Master lol

I wonder what retro community he's scamming these days?

[jj]

Ahhh doom master lol  that's the bellend.  And yeah he was always on about military spec lol