A-EON Technology Acquires Amiga.org

[Iggy]

You really wanna reopen that Pandora's box?

Actually, yes.
Frank is a friend and he is always good for a laugh.

[HammerD]

Trevor and Matt, congrats on the purchase, good times ahead

[haywirepc]

x1000 is a big huge monstrous dud. 3k? Ppc is dead. os4 is a bad joke by now.

os4, hyperion, sam boards and x1000?
Worst option forward. Just one guys opinions.

If this site becomes a cheerleader camp for os4/sam/x1000 I'm out.

Everyday use amiga systems now forming... but its aeros and aros and Morphos leading that charge now...

- edited by mikeymike, with a couple of quotes left over so people can see why I've intervened -

You say you don't want a cheerleader site, then perhaps you should start by not acting like a cheerleader yourself.

[amigakit]

@Rudei

Welcome back Good to see people returning again to Amiga.org!

@Persia

Presumably the "amiga community" are users of the classic Amiga systems, plus the next gen Amiga replacements like aOS 4.x, Morphos, AROS, plus the emulators (both soft like UAE and hard like fpga arcade)

Yes that is how I view it too.  However you enjoy "Amiga", its your choice and your hobby.  Personally speaking, I have fun using my Amiga A1200T and also AmigaOS 4.1 machines.

[TrevorDick]

@Persia

You took the words right out of my mouth. :-)

TrevorD

[ddniUK]

Congratulations!

Perhaps there will be a few more threads that I want to get involved in.

[Nlandas]

Can't help, but don't feel too comfortable with this take over. I know (well, guess to be precise) Trevor has good intentions, but there are issues on this board where interests collide. I mean if some guy asks what system to get and I suggest a Mac mini or some other an el cheapo x86 for AROS this is in direct conflict with Trevor's or Amikit's business. And they own the site now.

IMHO a site like A.org shouldn't be backed up by a company that actually _has_ a particular agenda. It loses independence - even if this loss may be unintended, but nevertheless it does.

Let's wait and see if any "censorship" of discussion occurs based on corporate interests before we worry too much about it. I for one think that the new owners fully understand that in order to have a vibrant Amiga Community they need to allow open discussion of people's opinions of what works best for their classic and modern Amiga experience.

I for one would still love to see some magic happen with new products that continue to make the platform more viable in the modern marketplace but I also love and follow the nostalgia retro computing part of the Amiga market.

I think our new owners are in a position to understand this and not take a heavy hand with moderation when people might say something like you describe. Let's give them a chance.

By their actions shall you know them.

Onward,
-Nyle

[haywirepc]

Wait and see? Go look at the major editing of my post just now?

Apparently, you can no longer have any opinion that is not shared by the people selling os4 or the x1000.


Why was my post even edited? This is ridiculous. Can't say you don't like os4 or ppc now already?  Now this site just took a major turn for the worse...

The censorship begins already?

[nicholas]

Wait and see? Go look at the major editing of my post just now?

Apparently, you can no longer have any opinion that is not shared by the people selling os4 or the x1000.


Why was my post even edited? This is ridiculous. Can't say you don't like os4 or ppc now already?  Now this site just took a major turn for the worse...

The censorship begins already?

Who in God's name is mikeymike? I've been here since the beginning and not seen him before.

Is he a new moderator?

[giZmo350]

Who in God's name is mikeymike? I've been here since the beginning and not seen him before.

Is he a new moderator?

Why are not ALL these new mods being introduced formally?

[Trev]

@Trev

Welcome back: its good to see you here.

I hope we can encourage many other members to return to Amiga.org.

Thanks, Matthew. Bill did a fine job keeping Amiga.org humming; I just haven't turned on an Amiga in years. As a Trevor myself, I get to live vicariously through that other Trevor's community involvement. ;-) And as a Californian, I can get behind his use of "stoked."

Now who's going to bring back utilitybase.com?

[mikeymike]

Who in God's name is mikeymike? I've been here since the beginning and not seen him before.

Is he a new moderator?

3k posts and this is the first time you've seen me?  New moderator, no.  I just haven't been around for a while and responded to a reported post.

[Terminills]

Who in God's name is mikeymike? I've been here since the beginning and not seen him before.

Is he a new moderator?

He's been here forever.

[amigakit]

@haywirepc

We want a great forum where you can tell everyone how much you enjoy using your AROS / MorphOS / AmigaOS / Classic system.

However, we do not want a forum where you make comments off-topic designed to simply insight a reaction from other users who have made different choices to you.  Your comments in post # 47 were not constructive and off-topic.   The moderators have a job to do here to raise the standards of this forum, lets make their task easier and have quality discussions regarding all "Amiga" flavours and not firing off comments simply to denigrate other user's choices of OS or hardware.

[eliyahu]

@thread

i'd just like to gently remind members of our 'cardinal rules' around here, one of which being:

Members will not publicly question a moderator's decision.
All  moderation concerns should be addressed in a private manner, either by  private messaging or emailing the moderator in question.

when in doubt it's always best to take it to PM. folks are always welcome to contact me or any of the other moderators if you're concerned about a moderation action (or lack of one). please don't discuss it in open threads. thanks!

-- eliyahu

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Man, I would never want to be a moderator on this site.  It's like being a ref in roller derby.  One of the hardest, most unrewarding jobs, everybody hates you, everybody's always yelling at you, and you're lucky if someone even buys you a beer at the after-party to say 'thanks'!