[Web] Amigaworld.net down | ANN.lu |
Posted on 02-Sep-2004 16:26 GMT by Mikey_C | 281 comments View flat View list |
Amigaworld.net is currently down due to hard drive failure.
Everything possible is being done to return the site to normal, however we are unable to give an ETA at this time.
In the meantime, the Amigaworld IRC network continues to function via the remaining US and European Amigaworld Servers
They are:-
UK.Amigaworld.Net
US2.Amigaworld.Net
NO.Amigaworld.Net
Updates will continue to be posted here as and when we know.
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Posted by Wayne Hunt on 03-Sep-2004 04:52 GMT | In reply to Comment 76 (Anonymous): See? This is one of the things I really don't understand. I understand of any site which allows anonymous posting is prone to childish behavior, but here's the thing.
While I don't really agree with the reasons, nor the methods used in the initial founding of Amigaworld.net (as an official exodus from Amiga.org), *I* above all people would have the right to hate Amigaworld.net, and I don't. When I started Amiga.org in 1995, I saw a niche that I felt wasn't being covered by the then-popular Amiga Web Directory, so I created a new site to fill that niche. Amigaworld.net's administrators and I have had our particular problems in the past, but they did exactly the same thing I did. They saw what they perceived as a niche and created a site to fill it.
Whether or not you are willing to see their reasons for it, the now-moderators and a lot of the user base of that site felt persecuted elsewhere (AO, ANN, Moobunny) in what they see as their desire to support the Amiga so they retreated to a place that they felt they wouldn't be constantly harrassed. I don't personally see a problem with that.
What I do have a problem with, and so should you all, is the shameful and immature behavior being shown by some -- mostly anonymous chicken-shit cowards -- in this thread. The ones attacking anything and everything that doesn't follow your line of thought.
I don't know whether it's because of the moronic pissing contest going on between "the blue" and "the red". I don't know whether there's a large contingency of assholes who simply love to stir the pot. I don't know whether it's just the fact that some people can't be rational, but here's a thought..... The only thing you've done by showing your ass in the "Amigaworld.net sucks" type of behavior is to SUPPORT the entire reason why Amigaworld.net needs to exist in the first place. Those of you with transparent agendas supporting Genesi are only serving to make Genesi supporters look like children.
So, in conclusion, the Amiga community needs all the support it can get on the Web. Stupid shit like this doesn't serve anyone's best interest, except those who would like to see BOTH alternatives to the classic Amiga fail.
Just a thought...
Wayne Hunt
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