See ya!

[EDS.bod]

I'm now totally fed up and finally leaving the Amiga scene.

I've had an AmigaOneXE-G4 on order since 11/11/2002 and I for one won't deal with a company that takes this long to deliver an already outdated computer.  Also, with all the rumours going round about OS4.0 not being ready until the end of 2003 (I don't want to use Linux!), I'm cancelling my order with Eyetech on Monday.

My A1200 tower got spilt up to get the cash to buy the A1 (sold the 4 way buffered ide interface, 68040 card, tower etc) and I even started to split up my CDTV package - so now I have no Amiga at all.  I'm not prepared to spend a small fortune again building another A1200 tower.

So, I now have £600 to spend on a PC motherboard, processor and graphics card - AMD XP2700 and ATI 9700 pro here we come.

Suddenly, I see the light.

So long.   :-)

[EDS.bod]

Just to clarify a few things:-

I started out in the Amiga scene with a CDTV multimedia pack and stuck with it for four years.  If that's not dedication, then I don't know what is!

Also, I've now sold *ALL* my classic Amiga gear and I don't want to spend that money again building it back up.  I bought Shogun:Total War for my fiance's mum and dad's PC and that made me realise how far behind the Amiga is in the game stakes.

And regarding Linux, I've just completed a beginners course for Linux at work and I still don't understand it!  I want to use Amiga OS but I can't.  I also need my own machine to program on instead of sharing a machine with the rest of the family.  The deadline I set myself to buy a new machine was 01/03/03.  That is today and it was due to be the A1.  So on Monday, I'm going to buy PC gear.  That will swallow all the money that I had set aside for the A1.  As I'm getting married in August, I wont have any money to buy an A1, regardless of whether the A1 and OS4 is a success or not.  I wont be able to have anything to do with it.  

I hope it all takes off and you guys become the top of the computing tree, but I wont be there with you.

[EDS.bod]

Well, I ordered my PC gear today - Gigabyte GA-7VAXP motherboard, AMD XP2400+ processor, two 512mb PC2100 DDR modules and an ATi Radeon 9700 card all for the princely sum of £540.

I for once hope that the A1XE-G4's aren't sent out tommorrow, at least not until I've cancelled my order with Eyetech.

I hope to see you all again in a couple of years ;-)

[EDS.bod]

Oh, how I love diging up old threads from the past :-)

Well, as some of you suggested, I'm back!  Actually I never really left, I've been checking Aorg every week :-)

Currently enjoying playing around with Amiga emulators - even have OS3.9 running on my HTC Kaiser PDA with PocetUAE - not incredibly fast but still fun.

So, I'm now in a much better financial situation so I'm hunting around for anyone selling any kind of A! so I can play with OS4.

See you all later :-)

[EDS.bod]

Yep I work for EDS as a programmer/web designer/system support and have done for 10 years.

No idea why I should be embarrased about working for EDS - nice area I work in ans I certainly don't consider my wages to be below market average - hence why I'm ready to sepnd some money on some new Amiga gear :-)  having said that, I didn't go into EDS directly - I worked for the government IT department - ITSA - and we were privatised (outsourced) to EDS in 2000 - maybe that's why it's a nice area to work in - most of the staff here are essentially civil servants.

Also, if working for EDS is bad for your CV, somebody need to tell the three companies this year that have tried to paoch me.  Although how they think they can poach me by offering me a lower salary and a greater commute to work is beyond me :-?

I'll post some video soon of OS3.9 running on my HTC Kaiser :-)

[EDS.bod]

Lol - not worn a tie to work since my interview!

[EDS.bod]

woop - double post ;-)

I dunno, I'm an IT expert but still can't use the forums properly!

[EDS.bod]

I was also under the impression that EDS staff weren't paid as quite as much as their counterparts in other companies.
Although how anyone know that is a mystery a I'm told EDS staff are not allowed to talk about their saleries and could face dismissal if they do.

Both are a myth.  

Lower salaries might have been an issue in the past but EDS have long since got fed up with staff being poached that were probably now slightly ahead of the competition.  In fact, all offers by other companies for me to work for them have all been at a lower salary!

Salary discussion is a part of the Performance Appraisal process and it's actively encouraged to know what those around you are rewarded for the work they do.


However, EDS in America are effectively a TOTALLY different company - US workers are protected in the same way UK workers aren't and the work ethos is totally different.  Same with EDS in India.