I don't get it.

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I think it is human nature to compare things, for better or for worse. I wonder if things were calmer since it was relatively slow for a long time. Now we have some news out of all options and the chest beating begins again.

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I will say it is better to be discussing a high priced PA6T system compared to older, cheaper G4 power macs than to be talking about lawsuits, IP legal questions and lack of hardware options at all except a few completely underwhelming options (see Efika and used hardware like discontinued, somewhat flakey products).

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Comparing is fine, ranting and flaming away over something you wouldn't have bought even if it came complete with "sex and free beer" seems a bit stupid.

I agree, I am just thinking it does indeed happen everywhere. It is probably human nature. Even Zune owners wanted to claim their product was superior to iPods.

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I dunno, I just thought the real hot-heads had all upped sticks years ago for their own platform-of-choice-only forum ideas of utopia.

I'm happy that there's some activity, it's just that it's all seems so unduly negative.

Granted I am not reading every thread on every message board, but I have not seen anything near as nasty as ~2002-2005. That was an ugly, ugly time.

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What I don't get the exclusivity some desire, especially but not exclusively on the red side. Some seem to think an ultra high price is a right of passage and keeping an ultra low user base is somehow a good thing. EVERYONE should want to grow all the communities, not run off prospective users.

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I don't see AOS4 users attacking other paradigms on purpose, just when provoked.

Surely you didn't just start watching this whole episode in June 2010? It may seem like OS4 is taking the brunt of slagging now, but were you around to see how this story played out to this point? Do you remember the "MorphOS is based on stolen source code" FUD campaign? It was much nastier in the past and most of it was against any alternative. Amithlon was also a "camp" that was to be hated and attacked.

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Don't you think this comment might be taken offensively by users of other platforms? (my emphasis)
 
I'm thinking of dusting off my moderation privs, there's certainly one other post in this thread that I would use it on.

Go for it, someone else can be called "Hitler" besides Karlos or me for a change:lol:

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They told me about it. But this Feud should end wouldn't you think it will benefit us all?
I have no problems to suggest MOS to people owning a MacMini (I usually do) and don't go in threads where they ask about MOS saying things "it isnt te reeel!!!" (as TMHM put it).

 
Think Hatfields and McCoys.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield-McCoy_feud
 
It probably will never go away completely until the fat lady sings. Unless you witnessed this history first hand, you probably wouldn't get it. The fighting goes back to the late-90s at least when there was a WarpUp / PowerUp split. In between there have been legal threats, real life lawsuits, FUD campaigns against not only products but individuals etc. In the past it was not just users engaging in this nonsense, but individuals in the companies themselves. Sprinkle in tons of vapor and outrage fraud / theft of money, the mix is toxic.
 
I can't speak for other forums, but Amiga.org in 2010 is a pretty calm and respectful place compared to the past. This is nothing and I mean NOTHING like the past. It is also a tiny fraction of what the "kommunity" was in the past. Most people understand at this point it is just a hobby. Only the most dellusional think one of these OSes will go mainstream.

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Remember, its not a hobby machine. They call it a developer machine. I guess they hope someone forks out the money and developes some terrific software to drive sales.

They are calling it a developer system now? Have a link? I thought Dammy got roasted for suggesting it was a a developer system a month ago?