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Offline Damion

Re: Team Amiga Reaction to the Bernithlon Situation
« on: December 05, 2002, 01:59:34 AM »
All I can say is that there would be some real
noise if that was an Israeli flag they were
crushing.


:-)
 

Offline Damion

Re: Team Amiga Reaction to the Bernithlon Situation
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2002, 02:14:01 AM »
I agree, and that's the reason why I immediately
disregarded their message.

H&P in particular may be in some hot water right
now, but I can't help but notice all those German
names in the last few OS releases, not to mention
all the fancy accelerators and video boards...maybe
Team Amiga has some of their own hardware designs
on the back burner? Or a better OS maybe?

I still agree with some of the issues being raised,
but I think it is unfair to make Amiga dealers bear
the brunt. They have paid for the product already;
it's not their fault. Maybe Team Amiga should buy the
remaining copies and donate the proceeds.
 

Offline Damion

Re: Team Amiga Reaction to the Bernithlon Situation
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2002, 02:59:55 AM »
Yeah, the miggy pyramid is totally gay...

Look T_Bone, I don't have to 'join up' with
Team Amiga OR H&P in order to have an opinion
on this. I think their both lame in this
situation. H&P delivers their usual corporate
BS, and Team Amiga is drawing insulting animations.
It's silly to use the flag of an entire country to
represent ONE company in that country. That's like
using the US flag as the definitive symbol for the
Ford Escort or Bill Clinton.

Personally, I think it sucks that Mr.Meyer is losing
out on this one, and I really hope he gets his money
out of it. But boycotting Software Hut isn't going to
solve the problem, IMO.
 

Offline Damion

Re: Team Amiga Reaction to the Bernithlon Situation
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2002, 03:14:56 AM »
And just once Mountainmyst, I'd like to see you
respond to some specific points instead of these
tired generalities.
 

Offline Damion

Re: Team Amiga Reaction to the Bernithlon Situation
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2002, 03:24:39 AM »
No, I do NOT support thieves, and of course I don't
think that pirating helps the emaciated Amiga
community. I will not personally buy any H&P products,
al least until this mess is sorted. However, I will
continue to use OS3.9. I notice nobody is advocating
sending those discs back.

Bottom line, I will not support H&P at this time,
but I also disagree with some of Team Amiga's points,
and I think their animation is weak minded. Is that
acceptable? I really don't care, issues are never
cut and dry with me.

 

Offline Damion

Re: Team Amiga Reaction to the Bernithlon Situation
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2002, 04:36:22 AM »
Look dude, you're the one that keeps re-hashing
my flag comments, not me.

The flag bit isn't distracting me one bit, I just
think it's stupid. My mind on this issue was already
made up well before Team Amiga released their
'official statement'.

And yes, since you've brought it up again, it is
lame to use a countries flag to represent one of
it's less integrous elements. I don't care what the
excuse is. Maybe we should throw our own flag behind
the next news commentary on skinheads or corporate
fraud? That'll let everyone know EXACTLY what we're
all about.

I have already said that I won't buy any H&P products
for now, so what else do you want? I'm sorry, but I
think that's enough considering the fact that I haven't
seen any documents, signatures, or any other legal
framework. Nor do I know what agreements Amiga dealers
may have been subjected to/signed when they began
reselling Amithlon. I would need to know these facts
before mindlessly boycotting anything.

Once again, to sum up: I'm not advocating piracy, and
since I suspect at this time that H&P may be in the
wrong, I will not buy from them, I hope that Mr.Meyer
takes whatever legal resource is at his disposal, since
H&P has been blatantly selling his illegal software for
the past 6 months.

On a different issue entirely, I think Team Amiga's
statements and arguments are weak, although I respect
their effort.

Anymore questions on my position regarding the
flag? :-)

 

Offline Damion

Re: Team Amiga Reaction to the Bernithlon Situation
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2002, 04:48:02 AM »
BTW: My decision to not by from H&P is purely
philosophical, since H&P are still legal sellers
until proven otherwise in a court. It would be
a bit overboard to boycot resellers who still have
legal contracts to do so...that is, unless you know
of any Amiga dealers that have been notified by a
legal establishment.

That's why I think the argument to let the people
choose based on their individul integrity is sound.
I don't need Team Amiga to make that decision for me,
and I think most people already had their minds made
up days/weeks ago.
 

Offline Damion

Re: Team Amiga Reaction to the Bernithlon Situation
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2002, 06:50:53 AM »
Well, even if we don't completely agree, at
least we can agree that we somewhat agree! :)
 

Offline Damion

Re: Team Amiga Reaction to the Bernithlon Situation
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2002, 07:05:03 AM »
Yeah, in all honesty this thing really does
piss me of. GiantCo's always screw the little
guy in order to secure the selfish corpo
interest. Maybe I overreacted on the flag thing
a bit.
 

Offline Damion

Re: Team Amiga Reaction to the Bernithlon Situation
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2002, 09:04:29 AM »
I agree; DON'T shoot the bystanders...shoot
some pool instead! :-) Or if your not
feeling well, shoot some salad!:-o
Or "...don't shoot yourself in the  foot!"
Or billiards for the UK chaps!

OK, bed time for me now.