A-EON Technology and AmigaKit Buys Amigaworld.net

[giZmo350]

Does anyone know why the sam460 costs so much? I might consider buying one for $500 not including OS4. At $1000 there is little motivation to buy one.

That's the whole paradox of getting into OS4.X! We all know why the board is expensive. I would agree that the price needs to come down. Disposable cash is one thing, but "rolling the dice" is quit another (I know... loaded statement). Personally, I tend to try to only throw my money at proven products. That's what this forum is supposed to help people determine. IMHO, I think Matt and Trevor will try to eliminate a lot of the FUD that takes place here so that they may serve what the Amiga community wants and allow the Amiga consumer to make the right decisions for themselves.

[giZmo350]

@amoskodare

i'm with you on this one. amigadave and i had the opportunity to talk about all of this with trevor and matthew today and the overwhelming feeling i got from them is that they want the sites to be run 'by the members, for the members.' so, no, i really don't think they'd want to merge the sites at all. i'm only a mod here, 'cause i love this site and the folks on it. i kinda want to keep things as-is.

in any case i'm sure A-EON will formally announce things shortly once everyone gets home from amiwest (which was great, by the way).

-- eliyahu

To merge them.

@eliyahu

I'm glad you had a chance to talk to Matt and Trevor about the AWN acquisition... and I'm sure your right about an official announcment... but don't you think Everblue's response was just speculation anyway? I mean, I doubt Trevor would buy AWN just to dispose of it. Probably cost a pretty penny. Plus, I think that if the two sites have different moderators that they will retain their respective flavors and users.