Moo Bunny is dropping Amiga content , going to iMac.

[redrumloa]

According to Moo Bunny, Moo Bunny will stop posting Amiga content and will move to the Imac platform. Moobunny won't leave the Amiga completely.

"That said, I'm not just dumping the Amiga for all time. It's still a fun computer to tinker with, still has work it can do, still has lessons to teach, and with the right housecleaning in what now passes for its "community", can still have a thriving (if retro) development scene."

Read the whole article below:
http://flyingmice.com/squid/amiga/amiga_articles.shtml

[redrumloa]

Interesting read, although not very positive to say the least

[Kees]

hmmmmm ... don't believe rumours ;-)

[redrumloa]

hmmmmm ... don't believe rumours

Hmm it didn't read much like a rumor. It could be a publicity stunt I suppose.. Doesnt seem like it though.

[System]

@red

It isn't very positive, but John has some incredibly valid points about Amiga Inc's complete lack of vision and understanding of customer needs and desires in 2002.

[redrumloa]

Uuuh that's worse.. RETRO... freakin retro.. I don't think current high end system can quite be labeled retro. C64, COCO2, Kaypro are all retro.

An Amiga is not a plaid shirt/bell bottom pants platform  :-o

[Seehund]

Hey! What kind of news reporting is this? John Shepard's got a Mac, no changes are planned for the Moo Bunny, and he might even continue (heh, annually, like now...) to write Amiga articles.

As for the article itself,  I think it was very well written and right on target.

[Kees]

We're all hippies :-)

haha

[Kronos]

I don't think current high end system can quite be labeled retro.

Amiga = retro now ? Maybe not, but we are are on the road to nowhere,
and there is nothing that could stop us.

Amithlon/AROS/MOS/OS4 may slow down the decline, but there is no way
we'll ever see enough users again to have a really profitable platform (>500k).

[Coder]

Amiga can be back competing with the big boys. Really! But there need to be taken some decisions and some other risky things. Were playing to safe. But who am I to say how other people should do their work?

Coder

[Kronos]

@Coder
1st thanks for giving me a reason to pull even with whabang again  :-D

Just look at the features/extras you would get with WinXP/OSX "for free"
and you should understand that the Amiga isn't interesting for the masses.

To get some interest, you would need lots and lost of SW that is up to the
competition. like brand-new/exclusive games, browsers and office-SW.

Developers are only investing if they see a market thats big enough.
For that you'll have to have something of interest for the masses.

To get some interest, you would need lots and lost of SW that is up to the
competition. like brand-new/exclusive games, browsers and office-SW.

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There is no way out of this  :-x  :-x

But there is still a chance to become(stay) the 2nd "geek-system"
alongside Linux(BSD).

[System]

Errr. I read this this morning, and unless crash changed it Moo is just going "Alternative Computer Roomers", not just Mac / iMac.

Though he did talk about the Mac alot

[NihilVor]

Moobunny ceased having much to do with the Amiga a long time ago.  

But the IMac?!   :lol:

[Loki1]

There is no way out of this

Sure there is!!

1. Make a good product that everyone can afford.
2. Produce the software that everyone needs.
3. Support your dealers.

It won't become mainstream overnight.  That is something that takes years of sales and development to achieve.

The early amigas had stiff compatition from IBM PC clones, Atari and Apple.  They still were not the biggest selling computers,
but they were with-out-a-doubt the best!  And everybody new their name!!!

Lets have some faith and support the next Amiga (whatever it may be).

Loki :-D

[Housey]

hmmmm I've read stuff like this for yrs now but not written as well as this.

He obviously has given up all hope and has some realistic views that he has put across well.

The Amiga was so much and could still be but I'm kind of used to it being a niche market (to say the least).  I wouldn't even class myself as an Amiga user.  I'm just clinging onto the past with a love of 'alternative' computing.

Having said this I can't help but wait eagerly for AOS4+, PPC hardware, hardware independant software, emulators and whatever else emerges.

Whether certain things happen or not and whether the user base grows so much that the average joe tinkers around with Amigas again we can only hope.  Its been and hopefully will be a great ride.

EDIT: My sister has just had a baby Girl.  Housey is an Uncle :-D I held her in my arms at 4.5 hours old :pint:

House