A-EON Technology and AmigaKit Buys Amigaworld.net

[AmigaOldskooler]

Seems like A-EON and AmigaKit bought Amigaworld.net as well:

http://oldschoolgameblog.com/2014/10/26/a-eon-technology-and-amigakit-buys-amigaworld-net/

Why are they buying another forum besides Amiga.org?

[Everblue]

Seems like A-EON and AmigaKit bought Amigaworld.net as well:

http://oldschoolgameblog.com/2014/10/26/a-eon-technology-and-amigakit-buys-amigaworld-net/

Why are they buying another forum besides Amiga.org?

To merge them.

[Everblue]

Amigans next?

[TheMagicM]

I personally dont care.  If it becomes too much of a pro-company site with too much censorship, I'd just leave and hang out on MorphZone.  No way in hell would I join any other site.

[klx300r]

merging the two sites is fine by me. Amiga.org is the grand daddy of all Amiga sites anyhow so growing it's database with AW.net is only a good thing as this way we have classic & NG help in one place instead of keeping 2 accounts

[ChuckT]

Amigans next?

I don't think they will do anything to harm the community because they need you since there aren't many of us left.  I think they will keep everyone happy but that doesn't mean they won't put their interests first.  

I believe hope they wish to make friends and not enemies.

Maybe if they are buying the name brand (domain), it means there is a cheaper Amiga on the horizon and giving them the name makes them the legitimacy and authority on Amiga?  It makes them the sole voice.

There really wasn't much room on here anyway for development on other platforms because everyone won't try something new so it isn't like the community is open minded to the DIY movement unless someone is making it for them so given a product, the users will follow anyone which means the makers dictate the rules anyway so there won't be any problem following Amigakit and A-EON.  But the future does dictate that you will be following their platform because that may be what is supported here.

[ElPolloDiabl]

Does anyone know why the sam460 costs so much? I might consider buying one for $500 not including OS4. At $1000 there is little motivation to buy one.
Also the sam440 is underpowered for a low end product.

The new min spec should be dual core 1GHz.

[Terminills]

I personally dont care.  If it becomes too much of a pro-company site with too much censorship, I'd just leave and hang out on MorphZone.  No way in hell would I join any other site.

+1

[ChuckT]

Does anyone know why the sam460 costs so much? I might consider buying one for $500 not including OS4. At $1000 there is little motivation to buy one.
Also the sam440 is underpowered for a low end product.

The new min spec should be dual core 1GHz.

Considering that a mobile phone is much smaller and costs $600 and up, consider it a blessing.

[giZmo350]

Does anyone know why the sam460 costs so much? I might consider buying one for $500 not including OS4. At $1000 there is little motivation to buy one.

That's the whole paradox of getting into OS4.X! We all know why the board is expensive. I would agree that the price needs to come down. Disposable cash is one thing, but "rolling the dice" is quit another (I know... loaded statement). Personally, I tend to try to only throw my money at proven products. That's what this forum is supposed to help people determine. IMHO, I think Matt and Trevor will try to eliminate a lot of the FUD that takes place here so that they may serve what the Amiga community wants and allow the Amiga consumer to make the right decisions for themselves.

[Niding]

http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=39471&forum=7&start=120&viewmode=flat&order=0#743115

I'm pleased that our acquisition of AmigaWorld has generated some lively discussion. Actually we acquired Amigaworld.net several months ago. I would like to say that the move was part of some greater plan to support the Amiga community but, in this case, I have to admit it was down to purely sentimental reasons on my part. I have been an active supporter and poster on AmigaWorld since late 2004. I've always had a soft spot for AmigaWord. It was the first Amiga forum I signed up to and it was always my first port of call for all my next-generation Amiga news.

Over the years I got to know David Doyle quite well and even met up him on a flying to Northern Ireland a few years back. I knew that in recent years his Amiga interest had waned so following our acquisition of Amiga.org I let him know that if he was ever thinking about selling AmigaWorld to give me a call as I wanted to make sure the forum did not disappear.

David said he was not intending to sell AmigaWorld.net but if he did, he wanted to make sure it went to a safe pair of hands and would contact me should he ever decide to sell the forum. However, shortly afterwards he contacted me to say that he had discussed the idea with some of his colleagues and they agreed a sale to me would ensure AmigaWorld's long term future. We agreed a price and the deal was done.

We will post an official news item but I wanted to personally thank David for creating and supporting of AmigaWorld and his commitment to the Amiga scenes over the years.

TrevorD

edit: typo]

[yssing]

I welcome a merger.

[itix]

I welcome a merger.

+1

AWN had its course and it is over.

[kickstart]

Which is the goal of buy many amiga forums? i dont see the point and the smell is not good, at my point of view this is not good for "freedom".

[apa]

I welcome a merger.

+1 me too