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[Rant] And Hakim wept...ANN.lu
Posted on 02-Mar-2003 22:17 GMT by S. Hakim Hamdani31 comments
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Albeit a long time Amiga lover and active user, the recent war on ANN is bringing tears to my eyes... Dear All, just a short note from someone, who after ten + years with the lovely Miggy, has to see his favourite platform splinter, shatter and boycott itself in everlasting new flame wars and defamations. Where has the spirit gone, the dedication, the TOLERANCE and welcoming of new technology bringing our "beloved" machines that little bit further. There was no right and wrong, only ahead, towards a brighter future. My 4000T lies dormant for now, under the table, and in its place a SGI Octane brings me the news from "Planet Amiga". I will revive it, eventually, but active participation in the community? I don´t think so, it´s become so alien to me. Regards, in hope of a settlement and the return of tolerance... Hakim.
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And Hakim wept... : Comment 21 of 31ANN.lu
Posted by Solar on 03-Mar-2003 09:59 GMT
And again, someone expresses frustration, depression, and/or disgust to the point of putting a dream to rest.

And again, people step up and say, "who is that guy that he thinks we would care?"

And that is exactly what those expressing their angst tried to point out in the first place...

Hello? Amiga was once as much about community, fun, that glimmer in your eyes, as it was about "real" things, like getting your work done in a comfortable and enjoyable way.

Why on earth would someone have to be something "important" to be considered "worthy" of expressing his feelings when leaving a dream behind?

Who would have to leave the shaggy remnants of this "community" so you would feel the pain? Who *is* left after all? Christian Kemp? Wayne Hunt? Petra Struck? Or more on the development front? Did you feel the pain when Nicola Salmoria left for good? Dietmar Eilert? Did you cry out when Maxon left, or Digita, or when TurboCalc was discontinued?

Did you actually realize what it meant, in the Amiga "market", when you cheered the "released to GPL" of your favourite software title? *Does* AWeb support CSS, JavaScript and Flash by now?

The "community" is approaching the big red zero, and everytime someone takes his leave, all you hear is "well, be gone, you're not important anyhow, we'll manage without you loser". Let yourself be asked, would *you* be missed if you leave today?

And how would you feel if, after all that time, all you get for a farewell is "get lost"?!?
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