The Downward Spiral of Amiga Incorporated

[MarkTime]

@Russell,

Good article.  This is quality journalism.  It really displays well, why an independent site, like Amiga.org can do the best job of presenting amiga news, and fansites like some of the 'competitors' to this site, and fan magazines, like the competitor to amiga.org magazine, simply cannot provide this level of journalism.

They are so intent on believing Genesi is their competitor, that they then conclude their own mentioning of Genesi makes them balanced.  That if they don't attack Genesi, they have a right to expect their own dark history to itself, be ignored.

I never before believed that Amiga.org was capable of taking a principled stand and giving light to the truth...and many people did not know the truth, certainly many new comers and occasional readers of the site, needed this article.

@Miffy,

You believe in free speech but not the right to be rude?   Then you don't believe in a free speech at all, my friend.  You believe in very censored speech.

How is someone supposed to pass your judgement of rude?

It is, of course, not wise to be rude, but to outlaw it, is absurdity.  Not everyone has the same capacity to express themselves in words...when they are rude they leave the impression, in my mind, that they lack the refinement and education to express themselves in a more eloquent manner....and thats hardly a good impression.  But I wouldn't have people start taking intelligence tests before they can speak.

If you don't believe in the right to be rude, you don't believe, or understand the concepts behind free speech at all.  I didn't listen to anything else you said after you made that comment.

[MarkTime]

@JamesR,

I'm sure this is an obvious extension to this line of thought...but we want more!

more, more, more....

And whether its AROS or Genesi, and in-depth background of recent events would be most interesting.

I am reminded, with the Hyperion 'delaying' CSPPC version of OS4, that everytime something comes up, for example, the Boot code stuff for AmigaONE, Hyperion announces to the community that they have to delay because an opportunity for contract work...ie. real $$$ came up, and they have to, after all, make money to finance this effort.

That's all well and good, but is exactly why we like details about a companies operations.

It's a fascinating part of Genesi's resume that they don't stop work, that they appear (at least appear)..to have the financial backing problem solved....by some kind of operation that brings revenue in.

But what are the details?  I have never bothered to check, but these types of details are interesting to us, if there was a news story on Genesi.

Of course the BAF'ers are not going to think anything is balanced, but its really impossible to present a story on most companies as dark as the Amiga, Inc. one...but thats because few companies are in such dire straights.

This, though, is my hope, that its balanced in the sense that it comes as close to the truth, as the Amiga, Inc. story....that type of balance is rare, and well..erm welcome.

[MarkTime]

@meerschaum,

I agree with you, its all public documents, if there was something we needed to see in the 'missing' pages, then the pro-amiga guys would have posted them already.