In the end, I would bet that less than 5% of you experienced what the real Amiga community was like in the beginning. I doubt that any of you could really ever understand why I would have gone out of the way to start this site. It used to be that the Amiga community was about friendship, and it didn't matter whether you were in Los Angeles California, or St. Petersburg Russia.
I don't know... I think there's probably more than 5%. But Then again, the ones who have been around forever are the people that mostly stay in the technical forums and ask/answer questions about classic hardware.
There IS still a faction of people who are waiting around for the Amiga to "die" so we can get back to enjoying our Amigas, much like people are enjoying their 8 bit'ers like the C64.
I think Amiga.org serves a very valuable purpose in keeping these people together. Despite the occasional flamewar, it's one of the few sites that has consistantly offered a realistic view of the future, as well as solid technical information.
From a collectors standpoint, Amiga.org is very valuable. It is visited by some of the best technical "Amiga fans" on the web, including several of the key players in Amiga's development. I wish I had a resource half this strong for information on my old SGIs. :-)
(And, I give my apologies for the occasional outburst I have regarding future Amigas. Hey, you should kind of expect anyone named Ilwrath to uncloak, char-broil a few things, and disappear again... it's in my nature. ;-) )
