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Offline DanTopic starter

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Don´t you almost wish Commodore was back???
« on: August 21, 2003, 01:28:18 AM »
The whole DE on MorphOS and http://www.amiga.com/corporate/082003-mcewen.shtml
Who wants to come back to the amiga these??
It´s just flame fests all over.
Don´t it almost makes you wish the old Commodore was back???
"That is just a rumor" "We have no comment"
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Re: Don´t you almost wish Commodore was back???
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2003, 01:34:08 AM »
@Dan

As I wasn't in the community during the C= days, I have no idea.

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Re: Don´t you almost wish Commodore was back???
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2003, 01:49:31 AM »
/me thinks back to when he was 7... too hard.

Can't tell ya.
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Re: Don´t you almost wish Commodore was back???
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2003, 01:53:33 AM »
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Don´t it almost makes you wish the old Commodore was back

With some change in the management?  sure why not ;-)
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Re: Don´t you almost wish Commodore was back???
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2003, 02:02:44 AM »
Well. at that time it was quite different on many ways.
Besides having money to market and big organisations on many
countries they had something I really miss.. Commodore Developer
Support.

Commodore had bunch of people taking care of developers and (with a
decent yearly fee) actullay deliver a lots of useful info. I was there
(among so many others) being priviledged to see early releases of OS
(at that time, they were delivered on disks, cause modem DL was not
option). There were private UUCP based mail system for direct dev
talk. Thick files of printed material etc..

Of course things would be different these days.. No need to long
distance modem connections, nor sending paper documents anymore. But
what was good at that time was people runnign it.. Those people at
CATS and other support organizations I miss the most. They did helluva
good work to make this important info available to Developers.
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Re: Don´t you almost wish Commodore was back???
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2003, 02:03:42 AM »
Commodore weren't all that and a bag of chips, you know. They had flaws too. Chronic mismanagement was one of 'em.
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Re: Don´t you almost wish Commodore was back???
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2003, 02:15:37 AM »
After reading that little bit and reminding me of the end user lic. agreement. I think I'll just go Peggy if any.

I bet I can EMU Mig faster on a Mac or x86 w/ the 3.9 disc I paid $30 for, but since I have to have a computer frankensteined out of a "dear old Miggy" w/ exspensive and hard to find parts (from overseas) or buy some new hardware that doesn't include OS4 (Linux Oh Boy!) and may or may not be shipped... SCREW IT!!! SCREW ME!!! Whatever!?!?

Praying for OpenBeOS,
McNorris

P.S. It makes me feel like doing the planet of the apes Chuck Heston scene... you know the one.
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Re: Don´t you almost wish Commodore was back???
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2003, 02:33:26 AM »
@McNorris
Workbench 3.1 doesn´t have an EULA! ;-)
Lets all hope for AROS.
Now that Amiga DE Inc has gone Microsoft on us.
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Re: Don´t you almost wish Commodore was back???
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2003, 04:06:10 AM »
I don't wish that Commodore was back, but I do wish that I didn't have to read posts about legal battles over "property" it reminds me of being back in 94 when the auction debacle was in all the Amiga Mags.... What's funny is that MOS is what has brought me back into the "Amiga" community, Yet their are some that would question my "loyalty" because I think MOS is a cool concept... sometimes I read and just ... shudder...  
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Re: Don´t you almost wish Commodore was back???
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2003, 06:39:43 AM »
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...After reading that little bit and reminding me of the end user lic. agreement. I think I'll just go Peggy if any....

 I had/have been a "fence-rider" on these issues for a while now, but if this EULA garbage is true and persists, then I guess I'll not be going the way of the "red-camp"

looks like im down to X86/linux/aros or the peg a.t.t. for choices
We live in a gnu/free world, and the greedy are starting to worry about the control that is slipping thru their fingers..


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Re: Don´t you almost wish Commodore was back???
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2003, 06:42:33 AM »
the more amiga flames I see...the more I wish A.inc was out of business...as it would make things easier for EVERYONE!
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Re: Don´t you almost wish Commodore was back???
« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2003, 06:44:58 AM »
C= Back in charge?  When Ice Cubes are available in Hell !   8-)
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Re: Don´t you almost wish Commodore was back???
« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2003, 07:40:37 AM »
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the more amiga flames I see...the more I wish A.inc was out of business...as it would make things easier for EVERYONE!

It's hard to imagine anything other than an open source team filling the void.  Good for existing Amiga fans, but new users would never bother.  They'd just go for a more robust system rather than continue hacking the OS 3.1 core.

Then again, AmigaOne has no future, either, so it makes no difference.
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Re: Don´t you almost wish Commodore was back???
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2003, 08:07:16 AM »
Though Commodore was the parent of the Amiga, there is no way I would want them back in charge as they were. (Serious business model overhaul, then maybe) They never seemed to really have a direction for the Amiga and it was not used to its full potential.  I would have liked to kick them in the head for putting out so many stupid revisions of the A500's, A600 and the CD32 rather than commiting and innovating something newer, faster and way more powerful than AGA + 030's and 040's were. Though these machines were nice ideas when they were implemented it was way too late and the technology was alredy falling behind everything else.

To those of you who haven't yet given AROS a try, I personally implore you to do so if you can and see for yourself what is possible on x86 before committing to the Peg or the A1. The AROS team surely would appreciate all  help and if you think you are gonna drop money on an OS4 that you aren't sure is going to see the light of day, well you could send some of it to the AROS folks and know you atleast contributed something that shows regular results. That is what I am doing. I don't have much to give, but I want to help.
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Re: Don´t you almost wish Commodore was back???
« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2003, 08:24:27 AM »
Dear Bill McEwen:

It has come to my attention that I'm only supposed to run the vapourous OS4 on sub-standard, over-priced and often defective Amiga branded hardware.  

Fat chance!  

Furthermore, restrictive End User Licenses are just like restrictive underware - best taken off.  

Cheers Big-Ears.  

H202
Cheif Proclaimant that
Amiga (St)Inc(s)

ps  I don't want you typing any more little notes so, I'd like my keyboard back please.  
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