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Posted on 19-Mar-2002 02:05 GMT by Christian Kemp72 comments
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Nicolas Mendoza wrote: There's a list of 100 reasons why to boycott Amiga over at polarBoing.com. Check it out here.
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100 reasons to boycott Amiga : Comment 54 of 72ANN.lu
Posted by darklite on 19-Mar-2002 16:07 GMT
In reply to Comment 24 (Seehund):
>Sorry to spoil Polarboing's joke by refuting your points, but you didn't seem >to get it (so actually it's you who's spoiling the joke... but whatever.):
A joke or not, the point I was trying to make is that the list contains some facts.
>> 5. Amiga is not Amiga anymore.
>Then please define "Amiga".
AmigaInc. is AmigaDE.
It's obvious Amiga Inc. don't care for the Amiga community, except that they can still sell some licences to people who still want to do something for our platform.
>> 7. AmigaAnywhere runs on Microsoft-products.
>You're not interested in DE/AA/PDAs. Why do you care enough to see this as a
>reason to "boycott" Amiga Inc? Would excluding any MS platform and call it
>Amiga Somewhere be better?
Oops, I meant not to include this one, so ignore it. A bit of a cut-n-paste bug in Windows, I guess ;)
>> 9. Their SDA is too restrictive. They need to check your apps work before >>you can sell them thru them.
>The horror! They want to know what they distribute?! Then don't sign the
>bloody SDA and distribute your software in some other way. You really have
>difficulties understanding this whole humour concept, Darklite.
The point is that it's stopping a number of potential developers. It's pretty dumb to launch a new tech like that IMHO.
>> 11. They are only focusing on that AmigaDE mumbo jumbo.
>Not IMHO. But that's a matter of flamew^H^H^H^H^H^Hdiscussion.
IMHO they are (but then you prolly already noticed that).
But when you see that they're not really supporting (financially) developement of OS4 and new hardware. Actually, they are *getting* money from it, before it's even in a beta state.
>> 13. Future OSes will run on virtually anything and not on hardware from the >>80's with expensive add-ons/accelerators by obscure east-european companies.
>Yes, terrible isn't it.
My point: OS4 will run only on PPC, which is far from mainstream.
It doesn't make sense: "Amiga ANYWHERE" <-> "OS4 for PPC ONLY".
>> 18. Amiga is just a TAO reseller.
>Yes, in the same way as Commodore used to be resellers of Motorola 68k chips
>(but in a package they called "Amiga").
What a silly comparison. AmigaDE doesn't add alot of value like the Amiga did.
>> 19. Morphos is much cooler. And they are showing progress.
>That's a matter of flamew^H^H^H^H^H^Hdiscussion.
Fact: MorphOS is running TODAY, OS4 isn't.
>> 20. Amiga owns/licenses it's copyrights and software. That's boring.
>Once again this unknown humour thingy flies unnoticed past Darklite's head.
Maybe you should read my comment before insulting me.
>> --- and expensive for those who want to invest in the classic Amiga market
>Ah, yes, we all know Commodore used to let people make computers and OSes with >the Amiga name for free.
Again an utterly idiotic comparison...
Commodore was 10 years ago, and the Amiga used to be popular back then. Nowadays the Amiga is fighting for survival, and the market has changed alot.
>> 21. Intent is just an emulation.
>We don't need no stinkin' humour!
Intentemulation. Plain and simple.
That doesn't mean it's bad, but it's a fact.
>> 25. Everytime Tao makes a deal with someone, Amiga thinks they've made it.
>Change "Amiga" to "Amiga zealots".
Sharp.
>> 27. AmigaDE's releasedate has been Soon for 1.5 year.
>2 years. ;)
That smiley isn't going to make it look less pathetic.
>> 28. I haven't got my SDK1.1 update as I was promised.
>I wouldn't know. I'm not a DE developer. So go ahead and boycott then...
Bill Exciting McEwen making announcing things, but not delivering... Yet they only have to repackage Intent (go on, flame me :).
>> 29. I'm not getting my $xxx off when buying Amigaone since I bought the >>PartyPack.
>Eyetech says you won't get it from them. Boycott Eyetech. Go to Amiga for >refunds, just like they said.
And do you really think Amiga Inc will refund you?
AmigaInc sold the Party packs, not Eyetech. Amiga Inc promised a price reduction, not Eyetech. of course Eyetech doesn't have to give the reduction.
>> 34. PPC sucks. They're Macs.
>> --- PPC doesn't suck, it's just more sensible to use the cheaper, more
>>available x86
>See 11.
See the reply to 13 :)
>> 44. I'm sick and tired of waiting.
>Darklite, you do realise this was supposed to be a list of sarcastic reasons
>to boycott Amiga Inc, right?
Yes, but I said I listed the facts.
Looking at the facts, It's easy to see one shouldn't rely on Amiga Inc (but therefore not boycott).
>> 45. Windows isn't that bad anyway.
>Umm, see 44.
Facts... It shows the majority of Amiga users (the elite ones, you know) hate Windows because of principles.
>> 53. I'm not interested in PDAs, cellphones and STBs. Noone buys them anyway.
>Sigh. See 44.
Few Amiga users care about AmigaDE.
>> 55. Amiga charges money for their products.
>> --- IMHO makes it hard to launch a new technology these days
>Yeah, it's easier to launch new technologies when you give it away for free.
Or a free standard version at least... but a DEplayer? A simple freeware-quality game?
>> 56. They're just using the name. Amiga is a very strong brandname in the >>world. EVERYBODY knows it.
>Ah, what the hell. See 44 for everything.
Giving up so soon? :p
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