Hi,
@RepoOne,
What happened to our hobby?
The first thing that happened was a Polish person who was busy flying a glider ignored IBM when they were looking for an operating system to put on their computer, this threw out CPM as the main operating system, and gave a person named Bill (and not Bill from Amiga Inc. he couldn't mess up our hobby as much as this Bill) who was studying computer tech in college a chance to sell his OS (back then known as DOS). Then Bill got married, and his DOS was really excelling in the IBM world, but he wanted more, so one night after having an explicit roll in the hay with his wife, he was sitting on the edge of the bed and said "honey I am thinking of starting my own computer operating system company, what should I name it" and his wife still dazed (and not satisfied with the roll in the hay) said how about Micro Soft and then she said Bill you know you have to be hard to get down to real business.
From that day on Bill took his wifes advise, he looked at all the companies trying to compete with him, the first one a hot computer company who had huge sales with a little thing called a C64. He really couldn't think of how to stop the C64 since it had so little to offer. Then Commodore came out with the Amiga, now this computer was hot, it did a lot of things and was mouse controlled with a GUI interface, it did multi tasking in windows, and could play music and showed great graphics. Then he found out that Commodore was looking for someone to make a Basic Programming Language for the mighty Amiga, what a way to get a better look at this machine. So he bid the lowest bid and got a development machine to make this software. He took this machine and put it on a shelf in his office, so that he could examine it and develop a new operating system. During this time his followers complained about the Amiga having a mouse, where he told them who needs a mouse, all it does is slow you down as you take your hands off the keyboard to use it, and his followers obeyed and quit complaining. Then the complained about the stereo sound, where he told them "why should a computer have sound, it is for doing business, if you want music turn on a stereo or a radio" and his followers obeyed. Then they complained about the graphics where he replied "Look you can't crunch numbers and make money with graphics" All this time he was looking and examining the little Amiga, he kept on programming his Windows OS until it was good enough to bring out. People said where is the Basic that the DOS machines had, and he replied you won't need Basic to program with, since your programs will be made for you, and the people followed, then the people said hey how about games, where he said I have just bought out most of the gaming companies, so that they will only support my OS and my designated machines, I am the power and to show you how powerful I am I have just quit supporting IBM and have brought out Windows 3.1. What more can you ask for. The following years he came out with windows 95, windows NT, etc. He took control over computer retailers, by telling them you will make big money if you support my OS and add it to your computer sales. If you don't just try to find another OS to support your computers. They tried, but alas, Linux was just to Geeky, Apples OS X was OK, but the operators had no control, it was do as Steve Jobs said or hit the road, "his philosophy was give them enough power to do their work but not enough power to F##kup the system". and Still the little Amiga sat on his shelf, Bill had just about examined and duplicated, and in a lot of instances made better what the little computer had, now the Amiga no longer sits on his shelf, it is in the never lands of the city dump, unable to keep up with the power of the monopoly that is now forever expanding. And the people are still following and shaking there heads yes. When will it stop, maybe when micro soft has the power to say you can't have that on your computer, and then they can switch it off until you comply with their wishes, have illegal games, songs, videos, no problem when micro soft catches you they can turn it off.
This is what is happening to our hobby, BELIEVE IT OR NOT!!!
smerf
