Ownership of amiga.org?

[Kesa]

Maybe this buyout explains the I and the G in the Amiga.org banner moving one pixel to the right.

[TheMagicM]

I'm ok with it.  This site is community driven.  You guys make it what it is.   There are alot of Amiga/OS4/MorphOS fans here.  At times we get at each others throats, but all in all, its a good place to read about whatever Amiga OS you support.  

I dont log in every day but I do visit the site a few times a week.

[TheMagicM]

Maybe this buyout explains the I and the G in the Amiga.org banner moving one pixel to the right.

You're absolutely correct.  There will be a free lifetime membership awarded to you. Its on its way.  Wait for it.  LOL.  


Seriously...is it moved a pixel over?  LOL

[TrevorDick]

Hello from down-under. As Matthew said we will issue an official news release about the change in ownership but, speaking as an Amiga enthusiast I am interested in all Amiga flavours and that includes Classic, Next-generation (whatever colour), emulation and new retro-hardware together with anything that has an Amiga-like feel and look. Amiga.org is oldest Amiga web portal, serving the community since 1994 and we think it should cover all Amiga and Amiga-like topics and interests without fear or favour.

TrevorD

[klx300r]

@ Trevor

Amen to that :knuddel::pint:

[A1260]

welcome trevor as site owner

[danbeaver]

There is a Chinese saying, "Black cat, white cat; as long as it catches mice."

Ever onward!

[Matt_H]

@thread

before we start worrying about changes, how 'bout we actually, ya know, wait for the changes -- if there actually will be any -- and then worry? just a thought. anyway, i couldn't be more pleased that matthew and trevor are now the amiga.org stewards.

-- eliyahu

Well said, Kent Brockman. And in case others are not aware, I believe Trevor also authors a regular (classic) Amiga retrospective column in Amiga Future. I have no concerns about his partiality or earnest dedication to our hobby. And I say this as a regular user of 68K, MOS, and OS4.


@ Kees

Welcome back! Always nice to see returnees from the "old(ish) days"

[klx300r]

There is a Chinese saying, "Black cat, white cat; as long as it catches mice."

Ever onward!

There's also another famous saying "Together we stand, divided we...... well let's just say it's good to see the division of old will be no more with our new landlords:D

[Iggy]

Hey Trevor!
Great news.
Now if we could only talk Bill and Ben into selling their respect companies to you we'd be all set.

[som99]

Welcome Trevor

A little question, im subscribing to Amiga.org and have been for ages, should I keep the plan or cancel and re-subscribe later on when all is set up?

[TrevorDick]

A little question, im subscribing to Amiga.org and have been for ages, should I keep the plan or cancel and re-subscribe later on when all is set up?

I would suggest just leaving everything as is for the moment while we find our feet. We have changed the PayPal links and have turned off the advertising.

TrevorD

[Duce]

Glad to see the adverts going away, at least in the incarnation they were in previously.  It was just too blatant and not at all beneficial to the users here, I honestly found them more invasive and completely unrelatable than Facebook's.  I don't mind seeing adverts if they are at all related to the peoples interests.  You'd click a supposed computer link and get dumped to some auction on ebay with a guy selling vintage beer caps or a used toaster or something.

I don't begrudge anyone running clickthroughs on their forums to support the site, but there's better ways of doing it than what we had.  With or without corporate support, a site isn't free to run, and well placed ads are more than a good trade off.  It costs you money to run the site that we all love, after all.

Thanks for keeping us posted, Trevor.

[Pyromania]

For the first time in it's 20 year history Amiga.org is owned by a European company. Most Amiga's were sold in Europe and it still has a large following there so this is exciting news.

[itix]

@thread

the mods are all still here. i'm sure matthew and trevor will say 'hi' to everyone as soon as they can.

-- eliyahu

Oh, sorry. Didnt know you were moderator here.

[itix]

Moderators come back?

Yeah... I mean this site has been virtually unmoderated.