Amiga Inc - An open letter to the Amiga community

[BillE]

and not every partner we selected turned out to be the best or the most ethical

True, no one should have had anything to do with that buch that ran dodgy voucher schemes that were never redeeemed. A T shirt is not the same as a $50 redeemable voucher and in my country would have gone against all advertising standards.

Oh, I just realised that dodgy buch *was* run by yourself, Mr. McEwen. How on earth do you expect anyone to believe what you say by now ?


Bill Eaves


Developer of Digital Universe for Hyperion OS4.

[A1260]

nice words from you again bill mcewans. but you know bill mcewan we dont buy it anymore, your words today is as useless as an ashtray on a motorbike.  :-x

[Zac67]

Donar wrote:
So whole AMIGA INC. should be up for sale for about : 86.966.521,74$ (US)

Actually it's only $US 86,956,521.74 - which makes it a lot more reasonable...  :lol:

[Argus]

This is pure utter baloney.  Anyone who believes Scamiga must be on hallucinogens.

They are trying to screw the developers yet again.

How can this guy sleep at night?

Have you no shame?

[Elektro]

So whole AMIGA INC. should be up for sale for about : 86.966.521,74$ (US)

Enron accounting.

[yssing]

Yaawwwnnnn... Same old, same old...

Please clear the area, nothing to see here.

[Tomas]

Great Letter. Great News. My views over bill have changed now. Honors to him... chins up and lets look towards the future...

Where is the great news? This letter pretty much confirmed that there wont be any chance of OS4 in any near future due to the disagreement between hyperion and amiga inc.

[GadgetMaster]

What a load of sanctimonious crap. To try and insult the intelligence of the community after everything else they have done is just taking it too far. :madashell:

Anyone giving them the benefit of doubt either hasn't been around long enough or is the epitome of naivety.

[jarrody2k]

:madashell: Here's a thought for the **community**:

Don't waste your breath, your brain power, your longevity on speculating what will be or lamenting what has happened.  Look at what exists (ie. classic amiga) and stop damn well wondering/arguing about what will happen, because its irrelevant and helps no-one.

Rather than {bleep}ing and moaning on here go take up a hobby... like chess... or fishing... and then some years from now you will hear the news you are waiting for or you won't.  Either way, you'd be doing something more worthwhile in the meantime rather than reading useless crap like this.  And Amiga Inc. and its contractees will continue doing whatever the hell they are doing without concern for your petty woes... which is what's going to happen anyway.

Jarrod

[mingle]

Hmm, what do I think...

A: A steaming pile
B: The crowning turd
C: A huge crock

... Can I choose 'all of the above'?

 :-D

Look, for those here who want the Amiga to be 'born again' in the 21st century, the way forward is MiniMig, AROS, etc...

Otherwise we should be happy with our classic boxes and bask in the warm glow of days gone by when 'Amiga' really meant something...

Amiga Inc has as much relevance as the cheese sandwich sitting here next to me, on my plate!

[bhoggett]

I have a short but heartfelt message for Mr McEwen, but in respect to the readership of this forum I won't spell it out. As a clue, the second word is "off"!

Years of lies, years of being sold dud software and other "products" that proved to go nowhere and you still think you have credibility with this audience?

I've moved on to being a Linux user these days - mostly due to the stagnation in the Amiga scene and the complete absence of any realistic vision from anyone - and quite frankly wouldn't touch any product range in which McEwen and his band of happy morons are involved with even if it was the last computing solution available on the planet, because whatever they touch turns into a scam and ends in ultimate failure. Buying anything from them is the equivalent of burning money. In fact burning money is probably more fun!

[downix]

Bill, Bill, Bill... big dreams only make big money when they arrive on your shelf at christmastime.  You don't have time for this.  What I suggest, have suggested before, is make some quick money while you can, to keep your core development going.  HiTorro did this with joysticks.  High goals mean nothing if you cannot deliver even basic needs.

I gave you a plan, in '00, to deliver a steady source of income, even if low, which would have kept all of this mess from happening.  After the moves you've made since, the disregarding of basic business sence, why should we give you even a second more thought?

[Zac67]

@mingle
Never underestimate a cheese sandwich! :-D

[System]

I gave you a plan, in '00, to deliver a steady source of income, even if low, which would have kept all of this mess from happening.

I think a lot of us have "given plans" and tried to work with them to make things work only to be met with silence. Then again, if they gave us free reign to do what it takes to support the platform, how many "Hyperions" would they have to deal with now?  (speaking primarily of lawsuits/etcetera)

Wayne

[Akiko]

@Oli_hd

Well said, every last word...

@McBill

New hardware is indeed being developed, and we have selected the first 3rd party manufacturer that will build in high quantities, and yes, this new hardware is being delayed because OS 4.0 is needed to complete the package and to resolve certain technical issues. As I said before, no one wants OS 4.0 shipping more than Amiga.

Don't make me laugh! Only thing ACK controls has developed is a monstrous reputation for non delivery and fraud within this community for years, only which being exceeded by your own reputation ocourse!

So from Hyperion we have seen REAL software. From their respected choice of partners we have seen REAL hardware.

When will we see REAL hardware from ACK?   When will we see even a shred of evidence such hardware exists??

But I think anyone with any sense of past history knows the answer!

[jorkany]

Great Letter. Great News. My views over bill have changed now. Honors to him... chins up and lets look towards the future...

ahhahah - you really had me going for a second there!