nianfur wrote:
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If that is the case then the person who really should be slapped is not the pirates but infact you, for abandoning the amiga community, for removing a product you yourself created and had available for purchase from the amiga stores.
Ofcourse if you had a legally available version of your game available and still in production then I will apologise, but to me it doesn't sound like you did.
So basically people like you (or the you, you sound like) are the main reason the amiga died. They either released a product and removed it from production early, or released a product and removed support entirely so it was still filled with bugs.
That to me is more disgusting, and now your going to kick in the balls the only few amiga companies left to sell anything amiga related and scrambling for the few cents left so they can stay afloat, the people desperate for anything that would actually sell as amiga development has ground to a halt.
So I can't really cry for you, sorry.
First off, dammit, it's "you're" not "your". "You're" is a contraction of "you are" and "your" shows ownership. Your grammar, poor spelling, and poor arguments all serve the implication of ignorance.
Second off, this line of thought is parasitic. There are a number (I can't use the term "plenty" unfortunately) of legitimate Amiga sources selling legitimate Amiga software and hardware. Making a profit off the remaining Amiga supporters and enthusiasts, and newbies who don't know any better, by taking advantage of software which is either freely available or only available as illegitimate copies is a flat out crime against the community.
Once again, arguments like yours fall flat. People like DrewFX did not kill the Amiga -- check your history, you'll find that the Amiga community was falling apart if not fallen apart already by this time, and his contribution was made to bolster the remnants. And what of Holger Kruse, from whom we can no longer purchase registrations of one of the best TCP/IP stacks for the Amiga: does his AWOL status serve to destroy the Amiga community? Should either still expend the resources necessary to maintain production when sales drop below maintainable levels?
Your logic says that we should feel sorry for the Chinese companies producing cheap knock-offs of the iPhone because Apple reduced the price of the genuine article.
Pooh on you and your compatriots.
