Hmmm.....
Well, what can I say? Am I concerned about Amithlons demise? Maybe. What I am more concerned about is the apparent churlish and downright negative attitudes of many on Amiga.Org
Its sad that Bernie has gone through all that pain, and for nothing it seems. The Amiga market (such as it is) is fragile.
Personally, I think Bill McEwen and the rest of Amiga Inc are doing a Sterling job. Many of you on this forum would have us all stuck with 68oxo, OCS/ECS/AGA (HA!) Amiga's!! What Bill et al has done is helped to turn around the notion that the Amiga as a format is dead. No longer is it that 'funny little games machine I had when I was a kid!'. It is so much more than that.
But I fear that no matter what Amiga Inc, Hyperion or anyone else involved in the phoenix like rise of the Amiga name is all a total waste of time.
Why?
Amiga.Org and many sites like it are one of the first places anyone will come to when doing a Google search on the Internet for Amiga news related sites.
And what are they going to find?
The utterly inane, childish, pathetic ramblings of a bunch of kids..... because, lets face it, some of you surely aint adults with some of the comments made on here!
Any advances, any good word of mouth that Amiga Inc manage to get into the brains of previous Amiga owners, potential new customers, or just the disinfranchised Windows users will be totally and utterly wasted!!!
Amiga Inc, H&P, Bernie, Harald..... thats it. They are the only ones likely to know for sure the situation, and all this bullsh*t speculation doesn't just make Bernies situation all the more painful, it chips away at any in-roads that Amiga Inc have made.
I find it utterly pathetic that Fleecy Moss and anyone else connected with Amiga Inc have to jump into a forum/site and put down some of the most ridiculous claims that get bandied around on the net.
I understand the right to Freedom of Speech, but I tell you what, why the hell don't some of you do some damn research before you go spouting off?
I future dominated by Microsoft and the PC is a future doomed, because no one monopoly should be allowed to run everything. Just like Sony cannot be allowed to run roughshod over Nintendo.
This is the first time I have come back to Amiga.Org for a long time, and quite likely, you wouldn't care in the slightest. But the irony is, I do care about the future of Amiga, which is why, nearly 15 years later, I'm still using them, yet I feel dismayed at coming to this site and seeing the drivel being written.
I wonder, using that same analogy, applied to someone who has been out of the Amiga arena for 8+ years, how they might react? Would they come back again and again to Amiga.Org? Or would they feel that they made the right decision based on some of the inane ramblings on here?
For the record, I think Wayne is doing a great job, rebuilding after his last hack, I don't even know the guy, yet in some of his replies I can see the exasperation and tone is reflected throughout.
The Amiga has had more chances than a rabbit crossing a 8 lane freeway!!!
How many more do you think you are gonna get?
Amithlons demise is sad news.... try not to add to it with ill informed, damaging nonsense, for I fear this really is the last chance saloon for Amiga.
Well, my thoughts probably aint your thoughts... feel free to BK Flame me!
