Based on an 81 to 5 ratio, I think it's a pretty clear indication of how our members want this to go.
Right now, the deed is done, on an EXPERIMENTAL basis. If you guys lose your cool or start calling each other names, I can easily turn it all back off and go back to SNAFU.
I know this might get a little confusing. There seems to be a bit of overlap in our forums now, but here's the way I've got it lined up currently (I'm open to suggestions)...
- Development (master category deleted)
- Operating Systems Specific Discussions (master category added)
- Amiga OS
- Amiga OS Applications discussion and support
- Amiga OS Development (was Dev // AmigaOS development)
- Amiga OS 4.x (future) Hardware Compatibility Discussions
- Amiga UNIX discussion
- AROS Research OS (was Dev // AROS Development)
- Linux PPC Discussion (was Dev // Linux PPC Development)
- MorphOS
- MorphOS Applications discussion and support
- MorphOS Development
- MorphOS -- Hardware requirements and availability discussion
- Other Operating Systems
We'll try this and see what happens. If you see anyone get out of line, PLEASE help us out by using the "report post" function. We can't watch everything, all the time.
My only real concern is that McEwen has a habit of popping up when least expected and demanding that anything not Amiga specific be removed from any site with Amiga in the name (he'd be fully justified -- no debates please, that's a statement, not a request for comment -- but it would leave us with a choice of comply, or shut the whole site down). Feel free to ask Davey D about that.
To be very clear and very honest about it, my intent here is to try and get the Amiga community back together, no matter what they run. It's not anyone's fault that Amiga Inc has failed to produce a viable desktop alternative, meaning that while the trademark issues are sketchy, they don't actually have any competition since they're not producing a desktop platform.
Since Amiga Inc is not supporting or developing for the desktop (and they are completely ignoring the community), I cannot possibly see how trying to help Amiga users could be a conflict of interest or in "bad faith".
For the record, while I hope they will tolerate these actions in the interest of uniting the Amiga community, I will absolutely reserve the right to take whatever steps are necessary to protect the site should that happen.
Enjoy, and have fun.
Wayne