Whatever Happened To The Real Amiga Community.

[KThunder]

Some of us lived through well over a decade of false promise, vaporware, company stupidity and out-right lies. As such many wouldn't piss on Amiga.com etc. if it were on fire.

Like wise we have seen others like UAE, Aros, Pagasos, Minimig, and others actually do some incredible stuff. But we don't agree which direction is best (just like the old days with PPC, Alpha, etc.)

Call it jaded. Enthusiasm sometimes comes off as idiotic. New projects are spurned as we don't want to get our hopes up. (natami)

[KThunder]

I still want a boXer

http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/boxer.html

[KThunder]

@ KThunder

I see you've removed the last line of your first post, but from what it said I think you misunderstand what I mean here...

I was only asking what others think about this comment that was made by someone whom I know has never used an Amiga in his life and assume his friends haven't either...

I am only looking for some decent responses that I can email to my brother-in-law to hopefully correct him and put him in his place with his comments that have left me feeling a wee bit peeved...

It is retro, or nostalgia, or whatever you might think. But I think their comment might be spot on for an outsider. With the possible exception of Aros there is little here for outsiders.  

The title of the thread however is what happened to the "real" amiga community, as though we are not the real community or there is no real community aymore. anyway both may be true. we have split into amigafans who like Aros, amigafans who like os4, etc. etc.

in other words there isn't really anything to "put him in his place" I think people who knit are a bit off thier rockers, but they don't have to care what I think. same with us.

[KThunder]

"sad retards" is a bit harsh, it's just something they aren't interested in.

Personally I've bought probably three times as much retro games as new ones as well as hardware etc. in the last ten years. But I've had friends who will stand in the cold for hours to get their hands on the newest (overpriced) xbox360 or ps3 game.

They don't have to get me, and I don't have to get them, but it would be nice if people were polite.

[KThunder]

The Commodore Amiga is dead.
It is as dead as OS/2, sure people may program for it and it may be useful for many things, but it is dead.

Aros, OS4, Pegasos, and others on the other hand are definitely not dead.