| [News] Its Time for a New Amiga Magazine - Its Time for Amiga.org Magazine | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 22-Sep-2003 12:58 GMT by Kees (Edited on 2003-09-22 15:36:42 GMT by Christophe Decanini) | 58 comments
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Behind the scenes, a lot of people have been working on the launch of a new, printed, monthly (11 issues a year) worldwide Amiga Magazine.
Amiga.org Magazine will will aim at Amiga and Pegasos users and will have 52 pages in black & white with a full-colour cover. The magazine wil feature: news, interviews, reviews, previews, in-depth articles, 'how-to's, tutorials and lots more.
Read more here.
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| Its Time for a New Amiga Magazine - Its Time for Amiga.org Magazine : Comment 58 of 58 | ANN.lu |
| Posted by Bill Hoggett on 23-Sep-2003 09:57 GMT | In reply to Comment 55 (Atheist2):
@Atheist2
> Then there's pictures/vids, Aminet stuff, and even imagine old Amiga.org
> threads on disc. Lots of knowledge (and insanity ;) ) is locked up in
> there.
Not worth the extra work needed to compile it, not to mention the production cost. There just isn't enough fresh quality material to fill a monthly CD, so you'd end up with 90% dross and re-distributed stuff.
> How could a person inspire confidence in an "Amiga" solution if OUR
> "solution" is to use an alternate platform? If Genesi or Hyperion go make
> TV commercials, you'd find it acceptable to edit the sound and video with
> linux or mac?
Yes? If the choice is between a good result using Linux or Mac and a poor result using an Amiga, absolutely.
> We're here because we think WE have the best tech for any purpose.
You having a laugh! That hasn't been true for over a decade, and it most certainly isn't true now. To be honest, there aren't many puposes for which Amiga technology is the best any more, and that includes the new systems and software. We're playing catch-up. It's a fact of life we have to learn to deal with, and I don't think sticking our heads in the sand and screaming loudly that we are still the best is the way to do so.
@Daniel Miller
> I disagree. My opinion is that it is *better* to use Amiga or MorphOS
> software for magazines and whatever other community support publications.
> It is just a symbolic demonstration that the platform is a workable
> solution. Hyperion released a Powerpoint presentation with a lot of
> fanfare and I just think it sends the wrong message.
I agree, provided the end result does not suffer because of it. If you end up with an inferior result by using Amiga or MorphOS software rather than something else, you are not advertising strength, but weakness.
"It might not be very good, but it's workable" is not a winning slogan.
If the Amiga developers want people to use their software to produce magazines, presentations, videos etc., they had better produce the BEST software available, not just on the Amiga, but on any platform. |
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