| From: | Sandy Brownlee |
| Date: | 11 Sep 99 at 08:51:06 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga really is dead after all! |
Hello Jake
On 10-Sep-99, you wrote:
> On 10-Sep-99, James L Boyd wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> It's (nearly) official : Amiga is dead...
>>
>> http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/sep1999/nf90910c.htm
>>
>> READ IT!
>>
>
> I'm sick of this. The Amiga community has been fucked around long enough.
> Why do we stand for this crap? We have a pool of some of the most
> creative, enthusiastic, and perserverent computer users on the planet, why
> do we let companies dick us around like this? Chances are that if you use
> an Amiga you are involved in some process of creation be it programming,
> graphics, music, hardware hacking or whatever. Why don't we use these
> skills and create something ourselves rather than blindly following the
> promises of some coorperate giant who sees the Amiga only as an
> opportunity to cash in on a legendary name rather than the tightly knit
> community that it really is. WE kept this machine alive, we being the
> hardware developers, software developers, artists, musicians, and users
> who spent our hard earned cash on high priced, often dated accessories
> simply because we refused to follow the pack and settle for anything less
> than what we wanted. I don't have a solution, but I am certain that it's
> up to us to take things into our own hands if we are to see this community
> survive. If anyone feels as strongly about this as I do please contact me
> so we can discuss options. The greatest revolutions are people who are fed
> up with their situation and truly want change,
> not dictators with blind followers.
I agree completely. It's depressing that there could be no NG this time next
year- maybe we should hold of the panic until that really does happen. Only
then will we know for sure.
What about the AAC in all this? They wouldn't let something like this
happen, surely? But then, if the worst does come to the worst, I think
there are still enough of us out there to start a revolution (Linux did
it). Hey, we might even manage to get Fleecy and the others at Amiga who
hae been F'd around to help out. That *would* be cool.
Regards,
Sandy Brownlee
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