Amiga_Nut
It's answers like yours which only serve to prove that there is a legitimate reason to wish to remain anonymous in this community sometimes.
No one here has any inaliable "right" to know anything at all about the owner(s). This is a web site. A public service which I worked to build with the help of the community itself for almost 15 years to serve the community. Nothing more, nothing less.
My identity is known today only because I wished it to be so. I could have just as easily remained in the shadows all these years and were it not for public appearances, and no one would care.
The "simple fact" as you so oversimplified, is that since I haven't actually OWNED an Amiga in years, I was ready to find different things to do with my life rather than worrying about "the next drama fix" around here.
Simply stated, I was ready to close this web site, and if need be, I was even willing to put it up as an adult site to try and make even more money from the sale of the domain name.
The current owner(s) -- who (for those of you who refuse to read or comprehend -- is NOT Bill Panagouleas) had the money to make it happen, and whether through their own influence, or at the request of Bill P, stepped up to make it happen.
That doesn't mean that they were interested in physically dealing with the day-to-day of Amiga.org. For all I care to divulge, the new owner(s) could have simply been wanting to save a site that they, themselves enjoy regularly and simply didn't want to see it disappear.
There is no conspiracy, there's no need for 18 pages of drama, there's no need for the infantile stupidity that's being shown by some, but were it not for the over-the-top drama, it wouldn't be the Amiga community.
My official take on it is that if you like this web site, then just shut up and enjoy the fact that it's still here and the fact that the owners have no intent of changing anything.
Another simple fact is that considering my current employment and economic status, selling the domain name / web site would have been unavoidable either way.
For the record, Panagouleas and the same moderators that have ALWAYS been running the site are now officially running the day-to-day. I'm still hovering nearby because I have friends here, and until you all go to segwayne.com or whyzzat.com, I'll always be here.
Final facts:
Things aren't changing. Everything is status quo, so please. Be happy and enjoy the gift that this purchase is to the community, considering that if they hadn't stepped up, you wouldn't be here right now.
Regards,
Wayne Hunt
segwayne.com
