Wayne wrote:
Hi guys,
Hi Wayne,
I have a question. Over the last few years, I've picked up several Amiga related domain names and simply held on to them since my original intent was to put them to good use for the Amiga community.
Right now, two of them, amigaos.info and amigade.info are coming up for renewal. Rather than simply paying the renewal for no real benefit, I've been wondering what exactly I could/should do with them.
With the pending release of AmigaOS 4 (date still unknown), I thought I would ask you guys for an opinion. If we were able to build a new site as a central repository of information for AmigaOS, what do you think should be posted there to differentiate it from the other sites out there? I know we should consider posting bugfixes, patches and the like, but what else?
Interesting question. Well, you asked us for opionion, so..
I like Amiga.org's role in the community. It is a place where returning users, occasional users, newcomers as well as veteran amigans can ask hardware questions, discuss software, talk to other users about their experiences with different setups, upgrading etc.
It's easy to forget how much more is possible with the internet as a resource. In being such an informative site [by virtue of all the experience available to draw on, and past threads], it can only benefit the 'cause' of the Amiga, so to speak. People thinking of buying one can get great advice, including places to buy. In fact, people often buy from others in the forum, yet another example of the site's worth.
However, notice how I talk of Amiga.org serving its purpose so effectively to the classic Amiga. From my point of view, this is all I am really interested in at present. But also,
in most cases, when threads become less than civil, shall we say, it is because of matters relating to the Pegasos or A1.
Amiga.org has served the classic community well over the last ten years, but has seemingly become distracted from it's purpose.
Please explain what you mean?
If it is perhaps the Coffee House aspect that plays a part, then its an interesting point. I notice Doobrey has mantioned that, so I'll talk about that in my reply to him.
We could rebuild Amiga.org from the ground up, refocusing on the way things should be, or we can add on a new site to hold information and other stuff related to the pending AmigaOne platform. So, a bigger question is, which way should we go, or should we bother doing anything?
Wayne
From a purely Amiga perspective, I like the forums in the 'General Discussion' section, and think they are of great value.
As I have already indicated, I believe Amiga.org's greatest value is in serving the classic amiga. Now, this may be a contentious issue to some, but it is only my opinion :-)
...I think Amiga.org would be a great site if its focus was on the classic amiga. As it stands, most of the discussion that goes on in the HW and SW forums is already about this, and this is the most invaluable part of the site. AW.net and others serve the A1 community, and there is morphzone and others for the Pegasos, so perhaps making AO exclusively classic Amiga would be an option?
