I am really grateful that we have people like Trevor and Matthew. Super grateful! I went to Amiwest on Saturday and spoke with the folks and they are awesome top notch people. I was just thinking how lucky we are to still have Amigakit. I think about the days when I would choose between buying my latest Amiga game from Software Select (a local chain store in our local shopping mall) or Applied Computer Systems (a real Amiga store we used to have in Sacramento), or Safe Harbor, or Software hut. Now All those retailers are gone but thankfully we have AmigaKit. I know nobody is making a great living off Amiga stuff anymore, so the few companies that do this out of love for for our machines are like heroes to me and I think we should be treating them like heroes.
Having those companies owning our amiga boards is not like Big Brother censorship, its more like we are soccer players and we just got a paid sponsor. We should be super excited someone is putting money into our beloved hobby.
And in terms of who is moderating the site; I say big deal. Employees always complain when a company brings in a new manager who wasn't with the company for a long time. But just like that situation sometimes it is better to have someone from the outside who isn't on anyone's side, or camp, who doesn't have history with anyone, or hard feelings or a beef with anyone in charge. He can be more objective more often than not.
I accept that my opinion on this issue may be completely the opposite of some others, but I just wanted to voice my respect and appreciation for the companies in question for what they are doing for the whole Amiga community. I want them to hear it, because if I was one of those companies shelling out money and time trying to make a positive impact on a small niche community and then I read a bunch of negative responses I would be kind of disheartened. So I want them to know there are those amongst us that are super grateful!
