Would it not be better to work together?

[Franko]

Gotta be honest, I don't think there is much chance of that on these kind of forums, even things like the NatAmi has it's haters because they think it should be made this way or that way instead...

I honestly don't see all the individual camps getting together for one common cause, as each seems to have their own very passionate and vocal followers whom I don't think could easily be swayed into collaborating with the other camp as each sides followers seem to think their way is the best way to go...

Guess we're all just gonna have to agree to differ on our opinions and keep supporting the ones we believe in...

[Franko]

@ Ismart

+1

That's the way of the big bad world, competition not collaboration no matter what the product is...

[Franko]

i have the idea of a standardization group (one or two persons of every important group). This group define the final standards, after a public discussion about features (not persons, companies...)
 
what do you think?

You'd never even get them to agree on the standards as each would have different standards that they simply wouldn't budge on...

Anyway once you agree to a standard and most stick to it, someone else just comes along and decides those standards are too restricting and so they begin something new that doesn't fit the agreed standards, and the whole thing starts all over once again...

[Franko]

Wow Bloodline looks the same in his pic back then as he does today... methinks he's really Cliff Richard...

[Franko]

Who's this guy called Don

And why does he have a flame-proof jacket...

[Franko]

That's cruel!

Oi... you changed me words... where's me lawyer... :furious:

Although now you mention it, I can see the resemblance...

[Franko]

Problem for even open source is that it has to be a modern open source to survive.  I think that is the biggest loadstone for the Amiga community, it's just reimplementation of an old school OS (which was cutting edge at the time).  Until that loadstone is gone, any cooperation is going to be futile.  I know, I just touched a third rail, but once the fog of battle clears and the view of the destruction that the community has gone under for the past 17 years, there is not much left worth fixing, it's time to rebuild.  That means the old has to be torn down for the new.

Imagine the outcry if they said "it's time to tear down the Pyramids (or the local chippy)" some things are classic and timeless and are best left in the hands of the curators and those who truly appreciate them for what they are...