| From: | Xavier Messersmith |
| Date: | 3 Jan 2000 at 05:51:21 |
| Subject: | Re: Loss support |
From: Xavier Messersmith <xcaliber@xav.to>
On 02-Jan-00, Marion E. Wyatt wrote:
> On 02-Jan-00 at 21:58:31, Adam Szymczak wrote these words of wisdom:
>> On 02-Jan-00, Moses Wildermuth wrote:
>>> The loss of Amiga Web Directory, and probable loss of Amazing Amiga could
>>> not have come at a worse moment. Just when there was some good news to
>>> report, No one is around to report it.
>>
>> I should have know something was up with CUCUG since I never did receive
>> an email asking me to renew my membership. I would like to know the full
>> story behind the so-called "retirement". Was it a lack of resources? Lack
>> of income? Lack of time? Was the site offered to anyone?
>
> Gary Peake of TeamAMIGA offered to host AWD, Agnus Seearch, etc., but the
> person responsible declined his offer.
They're apparently trying to protect their copyrighted stuff.
Why I have no clue.
Well, since I intended on updating the link list they had anyways I think I'll
just start it from scratch and do a google search on Amiga. Should be
interesting...
>> Interestingly enough, I relied on AWD for the latest news, whereas
>> Amazing, due to the nature of publishing, had news that was a month or two
>> old. I'll miss the Amiga Web Directory, but I will not miss Amazing Amiga.
Ditto! :-)
> The big loss if someone doesnt
> have all those pages of links is the loss of the massive database of Amiga
> links. Hopefully they will leave the links in place in the future. Those
> links and short descriptions were great and I used them a lot. I have a
> small Amiga page with a lot of links but it is only a glimmer compared to
> the light that shown from the AWD.
CUCUG seems more like a corporation than a user group. (CUCUC anyone?)
>> Life goes on.
>
> Yes it does.
IF they stab us, does it not look funny walking around with pointy objects
embedded within us?
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