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[News] Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorldANN.lu
Posted on 10-Mar-2003 11:54 GMT by Amoon (Edited on 2003-03-10 13:19:16 GMT by Christian Kemp)130 comments
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AmigaWorld announces: We at AmigaWorld are proud to announce that Amiga's Chief Technology Officer Fleecy Moss has agreed on offering us weekly Questions and Answers sessions.
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 101 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Hooligan/DCS on 12-Mar-2003 13:49 GMT
In reply to Comment 100 (Ray A. Akey):
Only in this wonderful Amiga community would the users think they should have a hotline direct to the CEO. :)

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Damn right they would. In a nichemarket (I'd like to use some other word.. niche sounds too big.. micromarket?) like ours, you really have to do "personal advertizing" by being in touch with the core of users, with emails, irc, forums, newsletters, mailinglists etc.
EVERY customer counts here. You are not in a situation to select them.
And thats where Amiga has fucked up real bad. I think You really should have left out the smiley, as it is more true than one can imagine.

Not knowing what is happening behind the scenes, I have this odd feeling that McEwen is sitting 8/24 in his office playing Tetris on his GBA and waiting things to happen.
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 102 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Hooligan/DCS on 12-Mar-2003 14:04 GMT
Sorry. When I said "you" I didn't mean you personally. I meant the company.
We really do need edit-option here :)
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 103 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Keith Blakemore-Noble on 12-Mar-2003 17:56 GMT
In reply to Comment 100 (Ray A. Akey):
"Only in this wonderful Amiga community would the users think they should have a hotline direct to the CEO. :)"

Oh dear, Ray. How pathetic.

Please quote wher I said that is what I expected?

Kindly READ what I wrote.

Note the bits about how people like Scott McNealy and Steve Jobbs manage to reply to emails, yet McEwen seems completely unable? hmmm.

Here's a clue Ray - AInc ain;t a huge company. AInc needs all the "supporters" it can get. Ignoring people who are (or were) interested is not the way to keep or increase your customer base.

Besides, if McEwen doesn't want us mere mortals daring to try to contact him, then he shoudln;t publish his details and invite us mere mortals TO contact him in his press releases.

"In any case, if you are a registered SDK owner, you should contact Gary Peake or me via e-mail, where we can do business properly. Bill is not the guy to contact for Support."

Ray - are you doing this deliberately, or did you just not read a word I wrote?

I only ask because at no stage did I *ever* say that I thought McEwen was the support contact. At no point did I ever say I was contacting McEwen for support.

Your statement is irrelevant, Ray.

However, as you have raised the subject, I shall email you directly - perhaps you will be able to point me to these SDK updated which McEwen told us all would be frely available "soon" - 1 - 2 years ago.
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 104 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Keith Blakemore-Noble on 12-Mar-2003 17:59 GMT
In reply to Comment 92 (KenH):
KenH - thanks!

Re the T-shirts, I hadn't overlooked the logistics side of things, but with all due respect, that is also a trivial issue which even AInc ought to have been able to resolve (I can think or 3 possible solutions off the top of my heaad, including one VERY low cost one), especially if it had been their top priority for months as Fleecy states.

Ah well, I guess we will just have to Wait And See [TM] as usual!
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 105 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Ray A. Akey on 13-Mar-2003 05:18 GMT
In reply to Comment 103 (Keith Blakemore-Noble):
Keith,

Please don't take that comment of mine re: the CEO to heart. That's why the smiley was there. I'm sorry that you don't understand my sense of humor but I was just jesting. :)

The reason I said this is that people have sent direct e-mail to Bill when it was a website problem and they should have e-mailed the webmaster, NOT the CEO. Not a single soul can claim to have written webmaster@amiga.com or rakey@amiga.com and not gotten an answer, even if they didn't like the answer they received. So, this was a little humor at the expense of those who confuse the CEO with the parties they should be mailing. I guess I should have laid the background for the joke first. ;)

Anyways, Bill isn't always "available" to answer e-mails. However, as Fleecy said, the rest of us are answering mail 25/7 (yes, overtime+ :))

On a personal note, I'll be replying in your direction when I receive your e-mail.
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 106 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Ray A. Akey on 13-Mar-2003 05:22 GMT
In reply to Comment 104 (Keith Blakemore-Noble):
Keith,

I'm sure we'll get into the details of the delays and why they were a problem at some point in the future. While I doubt it will be announced publically, when the time comes but, I can tell you that members will be seeing something soon (and no, I'm not going to say "2 weeks" ;) as it could very well be less. :)
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 107 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Bill Hoggett on 13-Mar-2003 13:12 GMT
In reply to Comment 98 (derf):
@derf

> if that were true then normal users wouldnt stand for it and leave, or
> do you think us all to be fools ?
>
> there are some people who are just tired of the fights, so we moved
> somewhere else.. big deal. if the new place does start to get one sided
> then we will say things, thats how it works.
>
> amigaworld is new, and is in a state of change at the moment, so everyone
> judging it straight off the bat is both unfair and short sighted.

Really? This thread seems to put that little migration into a different light, don't you think?

http://amiga.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=6990&forum=4

Let's not pretend mutton dressed as lamb really IS lamb, shall we?
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 108 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 13-Mar-2003 13:23 GMT
In reply to Comment 103 (Keith Blakemore-Noble):
>At no point did I ever say I was contacting McEwen for support.

So he should answer yours and the other 10,000 emails he gets? What makes you so special?
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 109 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Hooligan/DCS on 13-Mar-2003 13:27 GMT
10.000 :)
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 110 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Robert on 13-Mar-2003 15:09 GMT
In reply to Comment 107 (Bill Hoggett):
@Bill,

> > amigaworld is new, and is in a state of change at the moment, so everyone
> > judging it straight off the bat is both unfair and short sighted.

> Really? This thread seems to put that little migration into a different light, don't you think?

Bill, I've been following that thread and also follow Amigaworld.net and I
don't really know what you mean, unless it's a reference to "and "Amiga Inc is going to organize a 'mass exodus' from Amiga.org".
". If so, it's rather vague and had no bearing on why I visit Amigaworld.net, as it has no bearing on why I visit here, or any other amiga-related site.
I agree that "judging it straight off the bat is both unfair and short sighted."
think everyon

> Let's not pretend mutton dressed as lamb really IS lamb, shall we?

Well, it tastes better if you do. ;)
No really - if you don't believe, cook some mutton chops for someone & tell them it's lamb...... :)

Robert
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 111 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Bill Hoggett on 13-Mar-2003 15:40 GMT
In reply to Comment 110 (Robert):
@Robert

I am not judging AmigaWorld.net by its users, but by its management. Like it or not, it is NOT too early to start drawing conclusions. You want an example? Go look for the "Rebellion" thread again (it's been reinstated, locked). You will note that the thread was locked when the question of even-handedness came up, not when the anti-MOS comments were being made. Furthermore, the only comment that was edited was Seehund's, while the provocative ones prior to it by Amiga Inc supporters remain intact, despite being way past borderline flamebait.

Is the reference on amiga.org too vague for you? Well, that's your prerogative. I'm quite sure most people will be able to "put 2 and 2 together and get 4", as someone aptly said.
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 112 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Hooligan/DCS on 13-Mar-2003 17:43 GMT
http://amigaworld.net/modules/xoopspoll/pollresults.php?poll_id=4


REMOVED

Reason: Infuriating flaming

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when replying to Hyperion-people's posts... don't do the same mistake as I did.. DO NOT go critise them :)
Let's just stick here.. even if we have, I quote "an incredibly high "moron count".
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 113 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Bill Hoggett on 13-Mar-2003 18:07 GMT
In reply to Comment 112 (Hooligan/DCS):
We might be morons, but we're FREE morons.

:)
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 114 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by derf on 13-Mar-2003 19:45 GMT
In reply to Comment 107 (Bill Hoggett):
>Really? This thread seems to put that little migration into a different light, >don't you think?
>http://amiga.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=6990&forum=4
>Let's not pretend mutton dressed as lamb really IS lamb, shall we?

well i cant say anything to prove to you that its true or not, but what i disaprove of is this type of gossip, and purposeful hatred towards other people.

call it what you want, but its unsubstantiated rumour, tuned into gossip and spread.

davep, make sure you keep your word please and make sure aworld doesnt turn out this way as well.
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 115 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by derf on 13-Mar-2003 19:52 GMT
In reply to Comment 112 (Hooligan/DCS):
i can understand why this happened, especially if your next post is a toned down version of the original.
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 116 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Hooligan/DCS on 13-Mar-2003 20:36 GMT
In reply to Comment 115 (derf):
You can? Odd, no-one else has thought so. And it's not a toned down version. It's just a referate.
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 117 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Bill Hoggett on 13-Mar-2003 20:56 GMT
In reply to Comment 114 (derf):
@derf

You sound like someone with something to hide...
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 118 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Keith Blakemore-Noble on 13-Mar-2003 21:46 GMT
In reply to Comment 105 (Ray A. Akey):
Ray,

In that case then I misinterpreted your post and thus my post was ott, so I apologise accordingly.

I'll drop you a line later this week, thanks in advance for the reply :)
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 119 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by derf on 14-Mar-2003 08:30 GMT
In reply to Comment 117 (Bill Hoggett):
and now you turn on me ? nice....

care to give me a hint on what im hiding or care to make it up?
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 120 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Donovan Reeve on 14-Mar-2003 22:49 GMT
In reply to Comment 75 (Jack the Hat):
I think I will go join their cult; I'm sick of your anti-Amiga cult.
By the way, can you prove that you are over 2 years old? Just curious.
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 121 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Donovan Reeve on 14-Mar-2003 23:03 GMT
In reply to Comment 86 (Darth_x):
I just flew over there (don't need no plane, I'm superman) and checked, and
lo, what to my wondering eyes should appear? It really WASN'T Fleecy! It was
Fleecy's bodyguard's dog, impersonating Fleecy!
But that's alright, cause he's been around Fleecy so much that he thinks just
like Fleecy, and besides, he's a SHEEP dog. ;)

Sorry Fleecy, I just couldnt help it. :)
Hey Fleecy, you have FOUR kids!? Wow! you've passed me up!
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 122 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Donovan Reeve on 14-Mar-2003 23:42 GMT
In reply to Comment 88 (Keith Blakemore-Noble):
Saying what you believe to be the truth, or what you believe or hope will be
possible, and then not having it come to pass isn't lying, it's called being
wrong. However, constantly bashing people for thing long since passed and for
which they have allready said that they regret IS called being a jerk; and may
even be called lying if you continue it even after you know the offense you are
refering to was not a purposeful deception.
Be carefull, or YOU will lose all credibility like some others here have.
If you don't really care about the Amiga community or if any of the attempts
at developing new OSs and hardware succeed, then you don't belong here. If you
DO care about any of them (be it AmigaOS, MorphOS, ARP, Amiga1, Pegasus, etc.)
then your time would be much better spent actually singing the praises of and
supporting the ones you like and telling people WHY you like them than in
mindlessly bashing the ones you don't care for.
If you are just frustrated over the delays in being able to get your hands
on something to play or work with... join the crowd! I am sure the developers
of all the projects aren't happy about the delays either. In fact, it probably
eats at their guts more than ours.
I personally an using about everything in sight, Amiga and non-Amiga. But
my several Amigas are all either dying or dead so I am having to do things like
artwork and audio work which I would rather do on an Amiga on Linux, Mac, and
windoz. I am not going to die holding my breath untill AmigaOS4 comes out anI am even toying with MorphOS, but I will certainly buy an Amiga1 (G4 version
only) and AmigaOS4 when AmigaOS4 becomes available, because I both need and
want them. And no yelling and screaming and name-calling by punks or
jerk developers of compeating products who are hiding cowardishly behind
aliases is going to affect my actions one way or another.
I don't know you, and I don't claim to know that you fit any of the above-
mentioned classes, and you seem to have a bit more reasonable approach than
the average rable-rouser here. Therefore, I will assume that you are an
intelligent but frustrated individual like many of the rest of us. So I ask
in all seriousness and not with malice or to pick a fight but rather because
I am curious if you will answer.

What do you like? What do you want to happen? Which products do you want
to become available to you?
Whatever you like, do not be afraid to say so. And if people flame you
for it... just ignore them and let them rag! But don't waste your energy
just saying you don't like something or somebody.
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 123 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Donovan Reeve on 15-Mar-2003 00:18 GMT
In reply to Comment 91 (Keith Blakemore-Noble):
Perhaps it would be a good idea if Amiga Inc. would copy what the big cpu
manufactureres and many other companys are doing... just post a road-map of
plans on their web site, stating that it is just plans and not certaintys, and
updating it regularly to match their current estimate of when things will reach
the point of getting to market. Some people would still flame them, but the
could then be keeping people updated without making any promises they would
later find they could not keep. And if they wished to meet a goal to release
a product in time for a certain show or other event, the could say "We hope we
can have this product in time to sell it or show it working ot XYZ Show".
This way, they are not making a promise, but they give the users hope that
the product is coming. Of course they should always say only what they really
believe is possible, and not strike a blow to the morell of the users by
saying things they know are'nt possible. However, the Amiga community needs
to be willing to forgive them when honest efforts do not come to fruition
because they were overly optimistic. After all, most other companies are
ignoring us entirely and not even trying to do anything for us, but I don't
hear people flaming THEM. Remember, if it wasn't for the optimism and
enthusiasm of the entrepaniers risking their work-lives and financial futures
in the hope of carrying the Amiga forward, we would long ago have been totally
abandoned, which is what most of the world did to tha Amiga as soon as it got
less profitable than something else. I am not risking my financial future to
carry the Amiga forward, and I am certainly not going to flame those who are,
even when they fail to do it as fast as I would like or even fail entirely as
four owners of the Amiga technology have allready. I do not wish another
failure. I WANT new and powerful Amigas. And since I know that ranting and
flaming will not help but instead will slow the process even more but positive
reinforcement may actually do some good, I am going to do everything I can to
help them get the job I want done, done. Anyhing else is just working against
the very things I want to happen. If wanting what I want bad enough to try to
help it to happen makes me a fanatic, then I am a fanatic. But I think it
just proves that I am practical.
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 124 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Donovan Reeve on 15-Mar-2003 00:56 GMT
In reply to Comment 93 (Anonymous):
Your the BSer. I know for a fact these guys could all be making more money
elsewhere. They believe they can bring back the Amiga. Is that a crime! Or
maybe you have an ulterior motive for hoping they fail, like you support a
competing product and your dumb enough to think that flaming a competitor is
going to further your own favorite. That would be true BS.
If it's about the T-shirt, then you are being even more silly than your are
accusing them of being. It isn't as if they have said "Oh, by the way, we
ain't gonna give you those shirts but we're keepin' yur money so there".
They still plan to send the shirts, and I doubt you are going naked in the
mean time. (Pardon me if you're really that poor that you need the shirt to
cover your body). And other than delivering the things which people have
paid for or returning their money, they have no obligtions to you at all as
it isn't your company. If they choose to make Amiga stuff available, that's
their business. If they suddenly decide to abandon the Amiga and start
making wintel stuff as almost everyone else has, that's their business too.
I don't hear them telling YOU what YOU have to do at YOUR job. You have no
right to demand ANYTHING of them other than what you have paid for, and
legally they don't have to give you that either if they are insolvant and
other creditors have presidence over you. You MAY however ASK them to do
what you would like and if they think you sound like an actual potential
customer and not just a jerk who gripes but never would buy anything, they
might be a bit influenced by what you say, and encouraged to redouble their
efforts.
I don't know about you, but I would rather be enticed to move by nice
words and a pat on the back than driven to move by curses and a beating
with a whip. In fact, I am one of those who become very rebelious when
whipped. You had better be glad that the personel of Amiga Inc. are more
patient than I am. And don't cry to me about how patient the Amiga community
has been. They haven't been patient at all. Some have kept themselves in a
dither flaming everyone who was trying to do anything, and the others just
shrugged their shoulders and walked off. (although some would like to come
back). A few who either couldn't afford to change platforms or who had no
pressing needs that their old Amigas couldn't meet stayed by, but many opted
(like me) to use multiple platforms, which makes sense if you can afford it.
But only a very small handfull have determinedly continued to put real effort
into keeping the platform alive, the others either feeling stuck, forgetting
it or just going to where they felt the grass was greener (and like me not
necessisarily finding that it was all that much greener).

Point is... If you want it, help instead of hindering. Otherwise you are
just slitting your own throat.
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 125 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Donovan Reeve on 15-Mar-2003 01:17 GMT
In reply to Comment 97 (Bill Hoggett):
In what way has AmigaWorld been hijacked? It is totally up to the operators
of the sight what theme they want their own sight to promote, and you have no
business trying to hijack it from them. The sight is after all called AmigWorld and not MorphOSWorld, and says it is for the gathering of Amigans.
If they chose to define Amigans as those who support Amiga nad the Amiga
instead of those who support whatever else, then they have that right. I fact,
it makes perfect sense. If MO lovers want to start MorphOSWorld amd limit the
discusion to MorphOS, they are perfectly justified in doing that. When I
visit MorphOS sites and forums, I don't flame MO and push AmigaOS. I talk
about MorphOS and what it might have to offer. Those who are interested in both and want to compare them can come here where CK allows discussion of both.
When I join a discussion about AmigaOS, it is because I want to know about
AmigaOS, and it is irritating to have other things intrude. If I join a
discussion about MorphOS, I would expect the same courtesy to be given the
subject there. If someone wants to start a thread entitled something like
"Comparing AmigaOS and MorphOS" then I would expect to find people offering
information about both systems and comparing them, but not talking about and
pushing Macs, for instance (although a comment using a Mac feature to describe
a feature or desired feature of one of the two OSs under discussion wouldn't
go amiss).
So I fail to see that limiting discussion in a forum to the stated subject is
in any way "hijacking" it.
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 126 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 16-Mar-2003 10:05 GMT
The ego-meter is off the scale in this thread... "I just wrote a personal email to the CEO of this 2-bit company and he REFUSED to write back to me! the hubris!"

Guess what, I somehow doubt most of these people (given what they write here) were all that polite in these earth-shattering emails. I mean, take Apple Computer. A small company, currently even desktop Linux has more users than MacOS. Not exactly Microsoft. If I send Steve Jobs a mail saying "you #$@, why did you remove MacOS9 compatibility from Macos X? AND WHY ARE YOUR USELESS CRATES SO (*#$! EXPENSIVE?", I would be very surprised if the man wrote back. And he's also in a niche market, where apparently anyone who bought a mousemat is entitled to personally abuse the entire company, from CEO on down. I mean, I gave them MONEY! they OWE me! those bastards!

BBRV: are you sure you need these guys "helping" your cause? or is that why you're getting into set-top boxes, so you can have normal people (who watch TV instead of spouting on forums) as users?
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 127 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by TheArrogantSarny on 16-Mar-2003 18:14 GMT
In reply to Comment 74 (Jack the Hat):
Strange. Have YOU ever been to AmigaWorld.net?

I go there regularly and quite regularly criticize Amiga or the OS in some way but have yet to experience any evidence of zealot behaviour.
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 128 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Keith Blakemore-Noble on 16-Mar-2003 20:17 GMT
In reply to Comment 126 (Anonymous):
Actually, oh cowardly anonymous one, Steve Jobbs does reply to email from us mere mortals (I know, I have had a personal reply from him). Scott McNealy too. Just not McEwen. Of course, both Apple and sun are far bigger than AInc. Read into that what you will.
Fleecy Moss to answer Ten Questions a Week @ AmigaWorld : Comment 129 of 130ANN.lu
Posted by Keith Blakemore-Noble on 16-Mar-2003 21:39 GMT
In reply to Comment 122 (Donovan Reeve):
I'm assuming your comments are directed at me as you keep saying "you" and were replying to one of my posts, so I shall reply accordingly.

"Saying what you believe to be the truth, or what you believe or hope will be
possible, and then not having it come to pass isn't lying, it's called being
wrong."

True.

However, saying what you know not to be the truth and hoping it will all work out OK IS lying. Which is what McEwen did re AOS4. And the AmigaDE SDK. etc etc etc.

"On schedule and rockin'" when development was not even proceeding, remember. (And this we only managed to glean when McEwen left poor old Alan to actually tell us that there was no A1 or AOS4 being launched at that time...)

"Be carefull, or YOU will lose all credibility like some others here have."

I was unaware I had any credability, to be perfectly honest. Why should I have? I'm no-one special, no more credible than the next man.

"If you don't really care about the Amiga community or if any of the attempts
at developing new OSs and hardware succeed, then you don't belong here."

Oh here we go again - "If you dare critisise AInc then you don't beloing here", right? Sorry, I'm not falling for that crap. I have been a user and fan of Amigas for a long time (since 1988). I have just as much right to be here as anyone else, and no-one is going to tell me to go away simply because I do not bow down before the mighty AInc, I'm afraid. Sorry.

"If you
DO care about any of them (be it AmigaOS, MorphOS, ARP, Amiga1, Pegasus, etc.)
then your time would be much better spent actually singing the praises of and
supporting the ones you like and telling people WHY you like them than in
mindlessly bashing the ones you don't care for."

(ARP - that brings back memories from the old WB1.3 days! Did you really mean ARP, or did you mean AROS - I assume the latter as the vast majority of the ARP functionality was incorporated into WB2.1).

Sorry, I do not worship companies, nor do I worship products, nor do I worship people. Not even AInc.

Being a long-time user and fan of the Amiga, I had hopes that AInc might actually deliver a new Amiga, which is why I have stayed following the (lack of) developments over the years. Sadly, they have only served to disappoint with their continual false announcements and lack of ability to deliver anything. (AOS4 is now 16 months late. AmigaDE SDK updates never materialised. AmigaDE products seem to have vanished. Hell, they can't even print a T-shirt.)

I also continue to follow closely the developments of MorphOS, AROS, UAE et al (as I did pOS, PIOS-1, A\Box etc etc etc).

Unfortunately, my last useable Amiga has died (my trusty A4kPPC, which was using a PPC card from teh first batch ever to arrive in teh UK - and no, it's not the PPC card which has died), so I am currently Amigaless until (unless?) one or other of the parties finally releases a non-beta version of a product (I've beta tested MorphOS in the past, but I do not have a Pegasos so I can not try it "for real" at the moment - which may well change soon. Of course, AOS4 is not even available in any for to try yet).


"I don't know you,"

I wouldn't expect you to - you have no reason to. Perhaps you did know me in the past and have forgotten me :-)

"I ask
in all seriousness and not with malice or to pick a fight but rather because
I am curious if you will answer."

Fire away, I'll do my best...

"What do you like? What do you want to happen? Which products do you want
to become available to you?"

A successor to the Amiga. Something upon which I can run the few (and dwindling) Amiga apps upon which I rely.

Something as simple as AInc actually delivering what they have been promising for years (and which they have been spectacularly failing to deliver for just as long). TBH, I have zero faith in AInc;s ability to deliver, although I shall keep an eye on what they do just in case they manage to succeed (the only reason I am still bothering with AInc is because one of the people there is someone I consider to be a friend, so I have an interest from that perspective. My main hope is that Pegasos delivers (I have been interested in MorphOS right since its inception, and I've followed its progress with interest) But even that has missed every announced deadline and is running late.

Once my Amiga died, I took teh plunge and bought a Mac (to supplement my PC, Sun, RS6000 and Palm). There is now only 1 app from my Amiga which I miss - ImageFX. However, IF either party actually delivers a hardware/.software combo at a reasonable price, then this would be enough to tempt me back, and to add an AmigaOS(-like) system to my collection. (To me, a computer is a tool to do a job, not an item to be worshiped. which means that different computers and OSes are sometimes better for different jobs. Just like with cars and other things. So having multiple computers to enable me to use the best tool for the job is handy sometimes).

Would I prefer a desktop, laptop or palmtop Amiga-like device? Good question. Probably, if I had to pick one right now, I'd go for a desktop variant as that woudl fit my personal needs better, but I can see room for all 3.

Dunno if that answers your question or not, but it's the best answer I can give for now! :)
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Posted by Atheist2 on 17-Mar-2003 00:01 GMT
Donovan Reeve Wrote:
> "What do you like? What do you want to happen?
> Which products do you want to become available to you?"

Hello Keith Blakemore-Noble,
> A successor to the Amiga. Something upon which I can run the few
> (and dwindling) Amiga apps upon which I rely.

For me, all of the apps work the way I want them to, for the most part. Of course, bringing them up to date feature wise is a must. Also, I have the need for MANY of the old apps.

What I (we all) need is current hardware. I STIILL feel, that AInc. WILL come through.

Otherwise I would have left. For me, after AOS, it would be Amiga Forever, AROS, Mos, or last resort, Beos.

Amithlon is in limbo. :((

AmigaOne! Survivor!
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