AmigaActive (1458/2347)

From:Mikey C
Date:19 Mar 2001 at 14:58:12
Subject:Pirate Sites (Was T - 11 Days.)

Hello Mike.

> 1.Amiga are low on cash, ask community to pre-pay for AmigaOne
machines.

Nope, I think they have some money now. At least I get the feeling
they have secured some cash from somewhere.

> 2.Gary Peake will tell the assembled crowds he has shut down, many
'Amiga Warez'
> websites. What he won't say it that most of these sites carried
games circa
> 1996, which aren't available anymore, nobody makes any money out of,
and that
> Amiga has no legal ground to demand that these sites close, except
for a list of
> licencees, who have to remain anonymous.

Sorry to diagree with you. AFAIK, Gary has generally only shut down
sites that carried Workbench and or Kickstart Roms.

> 3.Amiga have an AmigaOne motherboard to show us, and a BoXeR like
syndrome
> follows where in the next three years Amiga display 17 AmigaOne
motherboards,
> none of them working or are ever released.

Mr O'Hara you are a real pessimist. I think the A1 will appear, sooner
rather than later.

> I'm tempted to buy a GameCube, but since it's not available yet and
I couldn't
> afford one if it was... I'm not that tempted. :-)

Pretty much like the Boxer then! :)

Regards

Mikey C

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