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Re: There must be something seriously wrong with a.org
« on: December 22, 2006, 10:15:06 AM »
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Re: There must be something seriously wrong with a.org
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2006, 12:02:31 PM »
Well, I know you're not Homer. Wrong shade of yellow. ;-)
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Re: There must be something seriously wrong with a.org
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2006, 02:33:33 PM »
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I deleted out about 500 sessions from the database, but honestly at this point, it's anyone's guess.  

We -- as always -- are caught between the rock and hard place between providing legacy support for the Amiga, and not being able to upgrade any farther than we already are because the authors pretty much abandoned backwards compatibility.


I'd say you're serving two communities. The retro lot who're into original Commodore hardware, old games and demos, mod tracking, etc., and those who still want to see the Amiga become a viable desktop alternative, with an interest in PPC or even x86, off-the-shelf PCI, USB, etc.

IMO in the long run you benefit neither by holding the site back. Internet access is barely relevant to the retro scene and as for the new Amiga peeps - how many times do people use that same spiel about the Amiga doing everything they need, only to turn around and complain when site x doesn't work? What's the point in browsing the small subset of sites that are willing to compromise on functionality for what is a minority of users?

Surely it'd be better to move onwards and upwards, and hope that as one of the bigger Amiga sites, in doing so you spur on development in the Amiga browser market.

Tough love, if you will.
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