A-EON Technology Acquires Amiga.org

[wawrzon]

Maybe it is time to abandon this site for good.

morphzone looks like a good place to stay and if in concern of amiga there is still lots cool stuff going on on eab, in fact currently much more than here or on aw.net. its another safe place amongst others. so i dont think that it would hurt anyone even if amiga.org went down.

[wawrzon]

Something is missing. A site for Amiga users who favor AmigaOS 3 with RTG. EAB is very Kickstart 1.3 oriented although there are topics for power users.

no.. eab is amiga oriented, hardware projects, fpga, asm, system libs replacement and optimization, okay c programming is lacking, none seems to be interested to help out with aros68k, so called power user are in minority, but here was no better. im fine to leave aorg to the so called "usual suspects" for whom amiga is actually called "classics".

[wawrzon]

Who says it was pity or charity?  Maybe DiscreetFX was happy to sell to fund some other project, or re-start an old one like Oil Change the movie.  

the question was not why sell it but why to buy it.

[wawrzon]

I have been following this thread with some interest. We are reviewing  the TOS moderation policy, that is currently in place, with the  Moderator team. Expect some announcements in the not too distant future.

In  the meantime as a small piece of humour and light relief here are some "moderation rules" that is guaranteed to earn your a ban on any  community forum:

Rule 1: Argue! This is absolutely  the most important rule of posting in any online forum and many of the other  rules are based upon it. Be sure to start an argument whenever the  opportunity presents itself. In fact, even if the pportunity doesn't  present itself, argue anyway. After all, people don't come to message boards  to share ideas, have polite discussions, or learn new things; they're there  strictly for the non-stop arguments so be sure not to disappoint. Also, be  sure not to back up your arguments with any facts.

Rule 2: Flame other  posters. This rule goes hand in hand with rule 1. You're already starting an  argument, so why not insult someone while you're at it? Don't just disagree  with the previous poster's post; make it personal! If member John293 creates  a topic about why he feels the war in Iraq was unnecessary, you should  respond with "No John, the war was right and you're stupid for thinking  otherwise." Better yet, throw in an insult that has nothing to do with the  topic of discussion and make sure it's an insult about their appearance or  something in their personal life you couldn't possibly know anything about.  Take the previous example about user John293's anti-war post. An even better  response would be "No john, the war was right and you're ugly."

Rule  3: Never, under any circumstances,use proper spelling and grammar. Doing so  will only confirm that you are a nerd. Instead you should shorten three  letter words such as you and are and express them as single letters like U  and R. Be sure to substitute as many letters in a word as you can with  numbers. Spell these words wrong as well. For example, instead of typing "I  Like to eat," you should type "i L31k 2 34t." Also remember to never ever  begin a sentence with a capital letter. This will only make your sentences  easier to understand and in turn easier for whomever you're currently  arguing with to pick apart and respond to your posts.

Rule 4: Lie.  Fabricate stories about girlfriends or boyfriends (or Amiga hardware) you don't have,  experiences you've never had, and sports you don't play. After all, who's  going to check? This can be especially useful in arguments. Should someone  attempt to call you on an argument which has no factual basis (none of your  arguments should anyway), simply lie and tell them you graduated from an Ivy  League college at the top of your class which landed you a 6-figure job and  are therefore not only much smarter but also a more successful person in  general than whoever it is you're currently locked in battle  with.

Rule 5: When arguing, be sure to point out every minor spelling  and/or grammatical mistake in your opponent's previous post. This will  distract the other users reading your argumentative and insulting posts  (yes, you have an audience and everyone is interested in your petty fight)  from the fact that your posts have no actual substance or point to them.  Should your opponent's post contain no errors, call him or her a nerd for  taking the time to write out such a perfect posts. If your opponent points  out the errors in your own post (and there should be plenty of them), tell  him or her that you weren't really paying attention when you wrote it and  imply that he or she has no life for scrutinizing over it.

Rule 6: On  most forums there is a search feature. This feature is just there for show;  make sure never to use it. Instead, what you should do is make a new thread  about your topic. If it's already been posted numerous times before, great!  Now there's one more and every good poster knows you can never have enough  duplicate threads. If for some reason no one responds to your thread, don't  search for answers or information elsewhere. Simply make another thread  containing the exact same post you posted in your first thread. This time  around you're sure to get a response from someone and as an added bonus they  may complain about the duplicate threads...another chance to  argue!Rule

7: Never back down or give up on an argument. No matter how  clear it is that you're in the wrong and have lost, keep arguing and  flaming. When everyone realizes your argument has nothing to support it,  simply tell them that they just don't get it. If the other members politely  ask that you remain on topic and cease the arguing, insult them and drag  them into your argument. Don't ever stop until the board's administrator  closes the thread and issues you a warning and/or ban.

Rule 8: When  your username is banned from the forum (and if you've followed the previous  rules correctly it will be) register under an alternate username and  continue to troll about the forums. Mock the admin who banned your other  username while you're at it. When you're banned again, simply repeat the  process all over again.

One final rule, always disagree and argue with the Moderation policy and Moderators.

Footnote: If you follow this guide correctly you  should earn yourself the coveted "IP ban," the ultimate goal of all good  members of a message board, in no time!

TrevorD

may i guess that the opposite to the humorous rules is the correct and expected behavior?

[wawrzon]

Seriously guys, we are open to suggestions on the forums structure. We want to encourage a wide range of "Amiga" interests.  Personally I would like to have a developer forum with users sharing coding tips and helping each other with problems. I don't see that much on here.  The German forum A1K.org is a good template for the forums on this site.

amiga.org and even aw.net has been once a place where you could discuss projects and developments to certain extent, but a forum is only as good as its members. a1k and eab are amiga hardware oriented sites with a number of knowledgeable active members, few of them were posting here too, but why should they resign on their own forum to move over here? i think its hard to expect as long as their forums are still online.

once there was utilitybase, all in all a rather os4 oriented site, but it had good members and lots of ressources, both as documentation and if you checked discussion threads. there was no moderation necessary, but its gone due to malware and no maintenance.

then olaf opened his amigacoding site and rescued some of utilitybase content, but as expected very limited public attended, lilely because the most actove devs are gone anyway.

all others have their own sites and mailing lists like aros exec, aros dev ml, amigans and morphzone and what not. even mikej who used to post here went his own fpgaarcade forum. there is limited interest to support concurrent platforms all along, which is rather understandable because the development of the own one has a priority of choice.

so how exactly do you want to encourage people to come here for technical discussion? because as it looks like most people that come here do it because they ever did or do it for some coffe house style chat.

[wawrzon]

What is the most 'advanced' browser on Amiga these days (did Netscape make it to 68K)?

its difficult to answer. surely ibrowse is still the most polished one as it is expectable for a commercial product, and quite fast but if you want css then there is sdl netsurf port by arti, and also aros owb, which alas must be run under aros68k. at least the later one is of questionable use for amiga at least for now but can be effectively used under emulation.

[wawrzon]

selling mos ready tested macs might be some business, but if mos team doesnt like to enter agreement i dont think amigakit is obliged to support morphos in any way except an opportunity occurs.