I didn't choose XOOPS because Amiga.org uses it, I chose it because it has less security issues than the other CMS scripts (probably the same reason Wayne uses it).
I'm also working on editing the PHP to change the HTML output so that it looks less like the other XOOPS sites, but time isn’t on my side.
Amigaworld.net isn't trying to be an Amiga.org clone, what Amigaworld.net aims to do is to offer the Amiga Community everything under the one roof, as time goes on I will continue adding more features to the site.
Why shouldn't the Amiga community use XOOPS? It's safe, reliable, and easy to use.
I wish people would stop complaining and instead support Amiga sites (there's not that many left), after all people don’t complain about all the 3D PC Games sites looking the same.