The future of Amiga.org ...?

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I'm not trying to be helpful.


 

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Then why bother posting!?

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Not trying to be helpful towards Wayne is not the same as not trying to be helpful at all.

Are you sure spreading FUD in this thread is entirely helpful to anyone?

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@Bloodline

Congratulations on breaching 10,000 posts.
Forum whore... ;-)

Danke!

Yes, 10k cynical and mostly iPhone related posts

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Would it be possible to organise some sort of raffle where members can purchase tickets for say $25 each. $25 x 400 memebers equal $10,000.

Maybe offer a prize for the winner i.e Xbox 360, PS3 etc..to give them an incentive to buy and also a good chance of winning a prize?

The money would be rasied but the ownership of the site could still be decided by Wayne.

Just an idea...only trying to help!!

I actually really like that idea!!! Raffel off Amiga.org

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Feel free to point out where I spread FUD. I certainly was not polite, but I did not intend to be - because IMHO asking the community for 10 grand isn't polite either.

But this seems to be one of those he's-not-with-us-so-we're-allowed-to-burn-his-car-and-kill-his-cat moments, I guess I better take a break before people start insulting my mother or questioning the size of my manhood.

But Wayne isn't asking the community for $10k... He is putting the site up for sale for that much... If you want to buy it negotiate a price with him... If not then let him carry on owning the site or sell it to someone who is prepared to buy it... Simples...

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From his previous posts I thought he was a tw@t

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Also, cheers guys... Now if only I had a dollar for every post

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Wayne,

Sorry to hear you're moving on. My 2 cents tho. I think in this current economy 10K is *way* too much to pay for a website. To put it in context, thats a down payment on a mortgage right there. Then theres the added cost of keeping the server up and running etc etc.

Rather than selling the site, why dont you just point the domain at the English Amiga Board, or AmigaWorld.net so that the traffic goes there... maybe transfer the domain to some other party that is keeping the flame alive (AmigaKit?, EAB? AmigaWorld?).

I dont think there would be any harm in setting up a "tip cup" where users can show their gratitude for your work over the years.

Worst case scenario would be for the domain to be hijacked to one of those search landing pages you see, or worse, someone like Doomy or Amiga Inc snapping it up.

Ok, you've missed the point. Wayne isn't closing Amiga.org down, he has simply put it up for sale. If someone buys it then they can either run it as it is or close it down or turn it into a social networking site or whatever... but until such time, everyone chill out!