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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: Darth_X on December 11, 2003, 12:03:03 PM
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If you visit amiga.com, you might see some amiga-snowflakes on the main page.
The big disappointment here is that the Amiga.com website is still not updated with urgently needed factual information, only seasons greetings type fluff!
Not Good!
The unprofessional business structure of AmigaInc continues on. If this doesn't change soon, then is it safe to assume that Amiga Inc is indeed going out of business?
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They don't have enough cash to get an internet connection, so they can't update the page.
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Hi,
I remember some months ago that they said they were working on a new look of the site and other stuff.
I said it back then also, you got to update the site on a regular basic. Busy is not the right answer. Even if you put up there that you could not update it since you had to walk the dog, will do.
New people or oldies coming back want to get the latest info and then you tell them to go to the Amiga site or Hyperion and there is nothing. It should be there or even a link to sites like this is at least something.
By the way anyone seen Bill McEwen?
Coder
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But the page WAS updated... with snowflakes on the main page and a 'seasons greetings' message... yet NO other important factual updates to prove that Amiga Inc are a serious business.
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@whabang
They don't have enough cash to get an internet connection, so they can't update the page.
Well they did activate the snowflakes so there is a connection. :-P
Coder
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Oh, I know! I was just trolling...
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@whabang
Oh, I know! I was just trolling...
Oh you devil...
Coder
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I'm an evil lil' bastard, ain't I? ;-)
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Darth_X wrote:
If you visit amiga.com, you might see some amiga-snowflakes on the main page.
The big disappointment here is that the Amiga.com website is still not updated with urgently needed factual information, only seasons greetings type fluff!
Not Good!
The unprofessional business structure of AmigaInc continues on. If this doesn't change soon, then is it safe to assume that Amiga Inc is indeed going out of business?
Did you read the other more interesting thread about this?
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Did you read the other more interesting thread about this?
Of course, that's why I started this one, so that I could get my own point across. :-D
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whabang wrote:
I'm an evil lil' bastard, ain't I? ;-)
yeah, kermit is a wicked, wicked, wicked little frog
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The new CAM is already a BIIIG GOOOD NEWS.
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ikir wrote:
The new CAM is already a BIIIG GOOOD NEWS.
CAM is not news or business related, it is an online fan club magazine.
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whabang wrote:
I'm an evil lil' bastard, ain't I? ;-)
I thought you where member of MIB :-?
(http://home1.stofanet.dk/hnl_dk/whabang_coder.jpg)
Or was it a princess :rtfm:
(http://home1.stofanet.dk/hnl_dk/troll_kronos.jpg)
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GAAH! :-D
You just made my day, Henning! :lol:
Do you still have the MIB-poster? :-)
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LOL Henning, Coder never said..
I'm an evil lil' bastard, ain't I?
that was whabang!
You got the wrong guy!
LOL! :-D
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But the page WAS updated... with snowflakes on the main page and a 'seasons greetings' message... yet NO other important factual updates to prove that Amiga Inc are a serious business.
Well, lots of us will be in Bath this weekend and lots of REAL Amiga A1's will be sold. Fleecy will be there representing A inc - sounds like a SERIOUS business to me. :-D
CAM is not news or business related, it is an online fan club magazine.
Have you read this months' CAM then... I thought not. :-D
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@ Darth_X
What exactly do you want them to say?
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whabang wrote:
GAAH! :-D
You just made my day, Henning! :lol:
Do you still have the MIB-poster? :-)
This one :-D
(http://home1.stofanet.dk/hnl_dk/mib.jpg)
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Wouldn't the fact that the Amiga Inc website *was* updated with an Christmas message indicate that they were still around?
It amuses me that some people will whine and bitch that they haven't said anything when they aren't under any obligation to do so.
They have said stuff - in CAM, which admittedly isn't publicly available, but is good to hear.
But, there is no pleasing some people - they could announce that they had replaced Windows as the OS of choice for Dell, and *someone* would complain that it should have been HP or Gateway.
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AmiNTT wrote:
Wouldn't the fact that the Amiga Inc website *was* updated with an Christmas message indicate that they were still around?
It amuses me that some people will whine and bitch that they haven't said anything when they aren't under any obligation to do so.
They have said stuff - in CAM, which admittedly isn't publicly available, but is good to hear.
But, there is no pleasing some people - they could announce that they had replaced Windows as the OS of choice for Dell, and *someone* would complain that it should have been HP or Gateway.
:lol:
@AmiNTT
too true
I must admit, I was trolling a lil' bit on the other thread when I pasted that javascript....
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I'm the one with the shades...
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>The new CAM is already a BIIIG GOOOD NEWS.
I wouldn't call the fact that the gfx library is still not
fully ppc native, that you cannot expect a version for
the PowerUp cards on sale before x-mas and the
fact that you are being told that the G5 is nothing for
Amiga users "BIIIG GOOOD NEWS".
Well maybe the version bump of uboot is so great...
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@HNL
LMAO! :lol:
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@AmiNTT
It amuses me that some people will whine and bitch that they haven't said anything when they aren't under any obligation to do so.
One could agree but is it not that if you have a website reflecting your business it should be sort of alive? Besides some snow flakes. This is not just about Amiga but about any company out there.
But yes, they are alive as we can see with the CAM and Fleecy at the show.
Coder
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@hnl_dk
Ahh the good old days. Got something new in the working? :-)
Coder
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I'd call this snippet quite significant:
Last but not least, OS 4 is now booting and running on the BlizzardPPC hardware.
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Coder wrote:
@hnl_dk
Ahh the good old days. Got something new in the working? :-)
Coder
Yes ... the good old days :-D
Nothing new ... My girlfriend is taking a lot of my time ;-)
You might find something new @ AmigaWorld ... and I have made two backdrops for the AmigaOS4 artist competition (http://os.amiga.com/community/index.php?cat=21) they are both 1600x1200 :-D
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Well, lots of us will be in Bath this weekend and lots of REAL Amiga A1's will be sold. Fleecy will be there representing A inc - sounds like a SERIOUS business to me.
Believe me, if I could be there this weekend, I would definately go!
hehe.. to get my picture taken with Fleecy Moss would be priceless!
CAM is not news or business related, it is an online fan club magazine.
Have you read this months' CAM then... I thought not.
I would prefer to see news and information open to the general public, the entire world including the development community, not just a small number of people who belong to the CAM fan club. :-D
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I would prefer to see news and information open to the general public, the entire world including the development community, not just a small number of people who belong to the CAM fan club.
AmigaInc have decided to adopt a different strategy. They only share news with people who have paid for it.
People like me, who have been with Amiga ever since i bought my first A1000 in 1986, and 4 Amigas since then, aren't allowed to hear anymore news (because i didn't donate money to their famous club deal).
In normal business practise, it's the opposite, with companies searching for every possible way to make good news reach potential customers.
But it's quite simple. No news, no AOne for me. :-)
I thought i had seen a lot in the Amiga history, but this is a good one.
And i'm way past the stage of caring anyhow.
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AmiNTT wrote:
Wouldn't the fact that the Amiga Inc website *was* updated with an Christmas message indicate that they were still around?
I would prefer to see accurate, concise, factual content posted on the amiga.com website.
It amuses me that some people will whine and bitch that they haven't said anything when they aren't under any obligation to do so.
By your logic they aren't under any obligation to be in business either!
BTW: Who is 'whining/bitching'? Certainly not me!
They have said stuff - in CAM, which admittedly isn't publicly available, but is good to hear.
Fan Clubs are great for the fans. I am not a fan or a fan club member. I am only interested in real development, marketing, PR, and things related.
But, there is no pleasing some people - they could announce that they had replaced Windows as the OS of choice for Dell, and *someone* would complain that it should have been HP or Gateway.
How does this metaphor compare to the amiga.com website content?
Now, if you were looking for this announcement, would you go to amiga.com to read about it, or would you believe it if it was just a post on ann.lu by an anonymous poster? :-D
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@z5
People like me, who have been with Amiga ever since i bought my first A1000 in 1986, and 4 Amigas since then, aren't allowed to hear anymore news (because i didn't donate money to their famous club deal).
That's sad if you put it like that. But also it's not that you miss a lot of news from not having the CAM. It's not that the whole business plan of Amiga is being put up there.
But it's quite simple. No news, no AOne for me.
And you just tell us that news without us having to pay up? Nah serious, that's a way to deal with it.
And i'm way past the stage of caring anyhow.
But still sometimes......
Coder
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AmigaInc have decided to adopt a different strategy. They only share news with people who have paid for it.
Well, the CAM does come out publicly after a set length of time. It's no different to subscribers of magazines getting them by post before the issue is available generally in the shops. Also, in my experience, any BIG scoops are leaked the same day to ANN and ORG.
But it's quite simple. No news, no AOne for me.
Well, that's a real shame. I can't see the 'news' issue as being a problem. Mind you, when OS4 is shipping in 'release' form, given your long association - How long do you think you will be able to resist? :-D
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I give up!
:rtfm:
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To me, what Amiga Inc. does is a non-issue. The only things that matter is that the new OS is being worked on regardless of what happens to Amiga Inc.
The only way the stop becoming a non-issues is if they do something to screw up the development and/or release of OS4, which would be bad. :-( Or they somehow manage to recover and start making some intelligent decisions, which would be good.:-)
Other than that; I don't care what they do or put on their website. I rarely go there anyway.