Dot com servers, pc's, printers & late model furniture
Hmm... Didn't someone mention something about selling computer equipment second-hand and getting pennies for it? Even an ancient computer makes a good server... if you run Linux.
Furnature does not just become obsolete. In fact, the aucion includes printers. Since when do printers become obsolete? I use dot matrix printers at work, for crying out loud. They serve their purpose!
I feel truly sorry for everyone who's waiting for refunds, computers, AOS4 etc.
True. I feel no sympathy for those who bought coupons, however. Serves you all right.
I got seriously burned with the SDK. At the time I figured paying for it was an acceptable risk, because it was a product, not a promise. The SDK turned out to be mostly Amiga-branded Java apps, which didn't even have much VP in it, never mind DE. That was the end of my faith in Amiga Inc.
Now, I'm just around because of the curiosity factor.
Paul Gadd: Good, i hope this means those bastards are going bust once and for all, without scum like that maybe the Amiga can progress.
Well, it can't get any worse. With OS4 in the hands of Hyperion, it doesn't look like anything new will come out from a post-Amiga Inc. company. You might as well build a whole new computer, and then, it's "not Amiga".
Really, I had no interest in Amiga Inc. revamping the 68K systems. PC hardware has moved on, and there are hundreds of companies that can make effecient hardware better than anything Commodore could dream of doing. Volume tends to weed out the weak like that.
The Amiga and its hardware principles died with Commodore. I wanted a brand new machine that works *LIKE* the Amiga, but running on common PC hardware. Since I'm a big fan of interpreted programming languages, VP really got my attention. But then, there was endless silence.
ALX: But with things as they stand it's still cause for concern - I wonder what A inc say
All companies are built on reputation. You wouldn't buy a BMW and expect Kia quality. Amiga has no reputation as a trustworthy company; they are unprofessional and ignorant. I could care less what they say.
zee4: I personally disagree- someday you'll have to move to the big pond, even if we have to drag you kicking and screaming for "AAA, SuperDuper-Agnus, 16-bit Paula, Hombre...mommmmie save me from reality!"
PC hardware, anyone? Oh, that's right. Piracy is a problem. Well, we should just make proprietary hardware for the hell of it.
A lot of good that did, and Amiga still says they're a software company!
Coder: Well, I got info from Fleecy wich tells different. And I believe him.
Why don't you give Fleecy a good Q&A session? Why is everything an insider's club? NDA's are popular practice these days, but you can't tell me a lack of Amiga.com website updates is due to NDAs. Anyone looking for investors (or customers), is not going to do the stuff Amiga Inc. is doing.
ne_one: It's a lot easier to call the shots when you're sitting from the sidelines.
Bad PR shoos away investors and drives customers to other companies. Amiga has probably the worst PR I've seen in a while. What people see from the sidelines *IS* important.
The purpose of the sidelines is to watch the show. There's just not that much to watch.
Carls: The technology is moving fast, but a server or office computer doesn't just get old and unusable after three years.
Yup. A lot of my friends turn 5+ year old computers into Linux boxes and use them for servers. There's a role for everything.
A three year old server is junk, but people are *perfectly* willing to use an AmigaOne based on PC standards several years old -- and pay top dollar for it, right?
Greenboy: You mean decent human beings like "tire mechanics"...? Or don't they figure into the equation? If you will not pay people up to the date of termination, how decent are you, REALLY?
You know, I wonder if Bill is going to be in the poor house along with his employees.
