Whatever Happened To The Real Amiga Community.

[runequester]

the smaller a niche, the more fiercely the divisions

[runequester]

for what its worth, I still find this site great for classic amiga questions and hardware. I just don't dive into the "next gen" discussions much anymore.

[runequester]

No sir.  Sorry.

"Linux and open source" by it's very definition are non-commercial products, meaning they have NEVER been developed or intended for making a profit.  The Amiga -- dead as it is -- was created as a commercial venture and failed, last in 1994.

I sense much denial in you young padawan..  

Wayne

Well, I think Intel, IBM, Red Hat, HP and Google disagree. Its just that the profit comes in a round about way.


As far as amiga being dead... I ordered a brand new accelerator card, and there's stuff like minimig. Maybe its undead?

[runequester]

Tell you what.  Here's a test...

• If you can walk into ANY PLACE *except* an Amiga-related meeting or a computer store and ask 25 people "what is an Amiga?"
• AND get a 2/3 majority correct answer without prompting them in any way
• THEN ask the right answers where you can buy one and you don't get a "I don't think they make them any more" answer from 1/2 of them,
  

THEN I'll agree that the Amiga as a platform isn't dead.

... but we're talking about two different things here.  Logistics versus emotion.

I don't care about it whatsoever, so for me, I'm strictly saying "dead" in a "commercial, I can't go into a real store anywhere on the planet and buy a NEW (not NOS) one" sense.  

I'm talking logistics.  You're talking emotions.  Two different things.

Sorry.  I don't want to offend anyone with my opinion.  

If hanging out banging away on a 25-year-old machine is your thing, I'm VERY cool with that.  I just don't share that hobby any more so I can't agree with you on this point.

Personally, I find dicking around with old computers to be extremely frustrating,  which is one reason I both sold the site, and -- way before that --  bought a Mac.  Even though I owned the site from 1994 through 2009, I think I sold my last owned Amiga 3000 UX in.. hmmm..  1997?

That being said, I digress.  I've ruined this perfectly off-topic thread by re-assuming the seriousness I wanted to so desperately shed off.

Let's put down our respective weapons and have a toast to what once was, and to everyone's health and happiness.  I think that we can all agree on that, and this is -- after all -- the holiday season.

Merry Christmas, which I say not to offend anyone, but because it's apparently now not-politically-correct to say any more.

Wayne

Yeah, its commercially dead for sure. No disagreement there.

I guess I just dont think it needs to be a commercial thing is all.

We all miss the glory days, but its different times now, and we should make the best of it.


And hell, Im a hardcore atheist and I wish people a merry f'ing christmas all the time so the PC brigade can bite me

[runequester]

We were in the right place at the right time, I guess
 


I only boot into WIndows to play (modern) games; the one niche where it can still truly be said that it destroys all competition. Even the few productivity apps I did use I've subsequently got working under Wine.

I actually play more games in linux than I did in windows, but part of that is that I switched my gaming to indie puzzler type of games.

If I still wanted to play triple A titles, I'd probably get a PS3 though.