From: "Muttley" Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Amibench + AWD Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 15:55:13 +0000 Organization: Muttley's "Mostly" Amiga Pages Message-ID: <346339E1.5E2C@wackysoft.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: arda.ee.surrey.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.02 (X11; I; SunOS 5.4 sun4d) CC: cm.jones@ukonline.co.uk Lines: 100 Path: 195.95.96.10!news.unisource.be!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!amsterdam.news.unisource.nl!gate.news.unisource.nl!bullseye.news.demon.net!demon!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news-peer.bt.net!btnet!baron.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!server3.netnews.ja.net!info-server.surrey.ac.uk!not-for-mail Just seen a lovely press release on Amibench:- ---- 03 Nov 97 - CUCUG to Offer New Classified Ad Posting Service for Members - CUCUG members will now have exclusive posting access to a new CUCUG classified ad page on the CUCUG web site. http://cucug.ukonline.co.uk/amiga/aminews/971104-cucug.html CUCUG to Offer New Classified Ad Posting Service for Members November 4, 1997 - CUCUG is happy to announce that it is now sponsoring a member-only classified advertisement service on its popular world wide web site. This space will be provided FREE to paid CUCUG members to allow them to buy/sell, trade/swap computer-oriented hardware, peripherals and software. You must be a member of CUCUG to post your classified ads on this new classifieds page. Of course, anyone may read these CUCUG classified ads. http://cucug.ukonline.co.uk/classifieds.html This site seems to be a blatant rip-off of AmiBench ; I dont know why they have done what they have done, this is stepping on the toes of AmiBench, they could of very easly directed their members to AmiBench. This is not just about their 'New Service' ...... heres our top three reasons why ; A, They seem to dislike my attempts to get Press Releases on their site, I've sent 3 press releases and only one has ever been shown in the news pages/new links. B, They blantantly Rip off other peoples/groups ideas. C, They are very very selective in what they allow, they refused AmiBench 4 times. I have spent 7 months on and off to get AmiBench running, its only now its been used, I hardly think the AWD has played much part in helping us. For a User Group of Amiga users I find their behavour very very odd, as they seem to hinder more than help the Amiga Community. Mark Wilson : Team Member of the AmiBench team Web: http://thunderstorms.org/AmiBench/ Email: AmiBench@tecnobab.stayfree.co.uk --- Just thought I'd make the point that, even though tecno seems to think he has had his page ripped off, he neglects to mention that his page was infact my idea that he ripped off from my www page. It was my idea that I suggested (seeing as I already had it up and running) to him and a friend for a large amiga Site we were to setup (which wasn't tecno's idea but my friends) when work meant that my friend and I had to drop out, tecno decided to copy the ideas we had come up with and make his own page with absolutley no mention to us. Oh and if you read the Opening statement on his page it is the biggest pile of bullsh*t. So tecno before you accuse other people of ripping you off try to remember who you ripped off in the past. I posting this because I never said anything before when he stole my ideas because there was no point, there is no place for wars or stupid competion in the Amiga community so I said nothing and lived with it, I even shut down my page. But for some reason tecno seems to think he is the only one who has a right to make a adverts page, so I'm writing this in support of the Amiga Web Directory, they did nothing wrong just made a good addition to the page which (uncannily enough) I was about to suggest they do. I think this attack on AWD is unfair, unjust and without reason The AWD is one of the best Amiga News and Links sites there is, and I hope you can all see that the tecno's statement is completely untrue Sorry had to get that off my chest, you wouldn't believe how angry it made me to see that pack of lies, cheers, _ _ ___ _ _ /_\ ( ) ( _)( )( ) .------------. /_X_\ ((__ ) _) >)(< | Team AMIGA | (_) (_)(___)(___)(_)(_) `------------' E-Mail:- Muttley@wackysoft.demon.co.uk Muttley's "Mostly" Amiga Pages:- http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/Student/ma61as/