Amiga.org Welcomes Genesi as an advertising sponsor

[SidMan]

@Wayne

Fair points. The advertising is fine with me. It's the bit about the "community" I disagree with.

>> Support the community first, the computer should come a close second.
>> Without the community, there is no need for the computer.

So which computer do you see right for the community? Can there be more than one?

IMHO - Whether we like it or not this community is split. Just look at the evidence in the forums and news, it is like watching two local football teams do battle on the pitch.

You can no longer say this is a community, not even a community with differing views.
 
I've been away from "Amiga News" websites recently - I have found more of a sense of community in the A1-Dev and Amiga-Dev mailing lists - why? Because we are all wanting the same thing there, all wanting something more to base and expand this "split" of the "community" on. Sure there are disagreements (that is healthy), but not all out war like we have here..

I'm sure the other "community split" has something similar and feels the same way.

Lets not pretend we are one big community.  (although I'm not to proud for people to prove me wrong)

[SidMan]

@R&B

>> The "thread wars" are over. We need to work.
>> Our future is on the road ahead. We can see
>> where we are going and know how to get there.

Exactly - this is why I think Hyperion and others took a back seat from the public eye at the beginning of 2002. Just as Ralph and many others in the MorphOS camp also did. They all need to build a future. But they are not building a future together...

What I am saying is that people are so against the other groups machines and direction that you can no longer call this a "community". The only common interest we serve is in our history - The Amiga as it was and the ideals behind it.

In the current climate the two sides cannot agree so a split is occuring in our "community".

This is not a flame, just my view point. I don't often post. (Maybe I should keep it that way).
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