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| Posted by Nicolas Mendoza on 19-Mar-2002 16:49 GMT | In reply to Comment 56 (darklite):
If they don't give a damn why have them asked Hyperion to do the OS4.0->DE migrating path?
Because they want the current Amiga "community" to follow the path? I doubt that. Who the hell would want all those whining, no-brainers in their user-base. (Not saying all are, but a big majority. After all still using classic Amigas requires a lot of, well, non-smartness. Or at least a fear for new things or changes.)
Amiga are giving you a new platform. Sure, Eyetech is delivering it, and some other company is producing it. But that's what you've been asking for all the time isn't it? A PPC-computer with all the modern tids and bits and expansion possibilities all other platforms have. They're even porting the old, outdated 3.X line of OS to a new fresh PPC-native 4.X. Hell, they even want to use that as a way (4.x->5.0) to fullfill the dream of "write once, run anywhere" that Intent's technology is going to help us with. (Which is already working excellent on several devices).
Yes, Amiga is a small company. But to survive in the long run, you got to expand or change. Going for the PDA/Cellphone,STB market is THE thing to do. Having a foot both in that world and in the "old" desktop world and combining and integrating them makes pure sense to me. When thinking about it, I just can't see what you're whining about.
Why can't you guys give them a chance for a change? What can you possibly loose? Ok, say you are right and Amiga for some strange reason suddenly is swallowed by microsoft. I don't think your boycotting or negative actions would've helped. On the contrary the constant whining from the community may actually get Amiga employers more and more frustated and give up in the end.
What you should do is contribute to development in Amigas new field AND the old. Start making your programs run PPC. Buy a developer board. Buy an SDK. Port your old fancy games to DE and make some money. (Like the Classic market is any good nowadays anyway). By contributing this way you'll have much more to say when it comes to strategic moves by Amiga. Become the largest supplier of quality games for DE and tadaa, you might even have INFLUENCE :)
No, seriously, people, come on! |
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