X-Surf II, what a scam...

[KennyR]

Normally what happens in commercial enterprise is this:

Company release hardware for the highest price they think they can get away with.

Competitor release a cheaper version.

Company lose sales due to compitor, so reduce prices.

...and so on.

The problem here is that the Amiga market has very little competition. People will pay inordinate sums of money for hardware because they have to - there is no cheaper alternative.

Unless of course you try to beat competition by releasing huge quantities of FUD and disinformation against your competitors...

[KennyR]

Well, it's true enough, isn't it? Whenever you get two products that do the same job in the Amiga market, the FUD starts flying. GREX and Mediator is another example.

Limited resources always makes for lots of infighting. It's human nature. And in this community, resources couldn't be much more limited.

But anyway, it's not even limited to small markets. The internet is full of GUI vs. Shell wars, BSD vs. Linux, Windows vs. Linux, Radeon vs. nVidia, etc etc etc. Human beings are intolerant tribal things who cripple their choice with their own prejudices.