Greetings,
Hammer wrote:
Wayne wrote:
My point is - there are a lot of Amiga users who derive joy from trying to get their systems to do the impossible. It's part of why they are here in the first place.
Well spoken, but I would add that there's a fourth group.
4) Those who fell in love with the Amiga in 198x and used it extensively, gaining many friends along the way but due to external factors (work, needs, whatever), they've had to accept the reality of computing and move on -- though they still love the Amiga if only for it's philosophy and sense of nostalgia.
Well, even Microsoft?s Avalon 3D demo was influenced by Amiga nostalgia e.g. "boing demo". MS demonstrator?s MSDN blogs indicates he was ex-Amiga programmer and offered a link to one of Amiga historical sites.
Let's also remember the people behind the Amiga(the Engineers, OS/Software designers, The father(Jay)) that made all this possible that we're all here talking about it in the first place. The same people are still influencing the mainstream PC. I also fall in the category of nostalgia, but I also want to use it for the future. As I said it before, the Amiga Evolves. As long as the People behind the machine drives it, we can still go places with it. As long as there are Web sites that are still dedicated to this fine machine(this site included), we have a better place to come home to and share our experiences with.
Most importantly, the one thin line that makes the Amiga a sweet machine to have is that it made computing a fun and enjoyable thing. Yes Windows maybe easy to use, Amiga made it all *FUN. :-D Now that's priceless!
Regards,
GiZz72
