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- {subhead}An Amigan's Opinion{def}{p}
- Article by Chris Seward <chris@aio.tp>
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- [25/07/2002]
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- This article was writen on 17th March 2002 and intended as an exclusive
- article to be released on the AIO CD which sadly never came to light.
- Some thoughts may be outdated but I am releasing this none the less.
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- [17, March 2002]{p}
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- Chris Seward{p}
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- The Amiga world has again been thrown into the air with the recent
- announcements by Amiga Inc. These which include the partnership with
- Microsoft along with many other announcements which seem to have got
- the backs up of some users, groups and news websites.
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- Recently a few of these sites decided to stop carrying news on the
- efforts of Amiga Inc. Some people have argued this is a bit harsh as
- others have agreed and applauded the decisions.
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- Amiga Information Online has always been an Amiga magazine, not one
- of us can tell us what the "Amiga" is. Is it the classic computer or
- is it whatever Amiga Inc decide to make it in the future?
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- Many users are not happy with the recent announcements due to the fact
- it is a partnership with Microsoft which is seen as the "evil" company
- to Amiga users.
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- The fact is we have waited so many years for a new Amiga and for many
- years we have been told the new Amiga, an actually physical computer will
- be out at the end of the year. Since about 1996 we have been told this and
- it is now 2002 and still we have seen nothing.
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- Personally I dont think its right for me to comment on the situation of
- if Amiga Inc will release a new machine but my own opinion is they wont.
- The PC world is just too big at the moment for Amiga to come right in with
- a computer. I am one of the more dedicated Amiga users and that is why I
- have stuck with it for so long but I think there are some people in the
- Amiga community who are asking unrealistic things.
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- The classic Amiga is dead, it has been for many years. I tend not to take
- much interest in projects such as MorphOS etc because these are fly-by-nite
- type projects which in all honestly will not last. The Amiga community is
- tiny and these kinds of things will not go far.
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- Any Amiga project which isnt by Amiga Inc. is bound to fail because they
- arent big enough companies. The future of clones like MorphOS and all the
- million other Amiga-style projects which are underway are just things that
- will fade which is why I personally take no interest in them.
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- These kind of clones are just splitting the classic Amiga market even
- further apart.
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- It is not for me to say that one news site should stop carrying news on
- Amiga Inc, that is their decision but I think it is unwise. The Amiga
- market now is even more fragmented than it has ever been before. Can anyone
- actually see any clear boundaries which class us as a group of users?
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- Everyone in this market is using different 3rd party hardware, software
- etc. There is such a huge split that im not even sure what the Amiga
- community is anymore.
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- I think the "Amiga" was the computer and the time it happend. That has
- gone, the world has moved on and I dont think we will ever get that back,
- it was the games and applications that companies produced, the demos we
- watched and the friends and contacts we made. This is my idea of the
- "Amiga".
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- A new Amiga computer will not be an Amiga, this is fact and some people
- need to wake up and realise this.
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- I would love to see a new Amiga computer but I dont personally think it
- is possible any time soon, the way the computer world works is changing
- and Amiga wants to be at the front of that, that way they can edge their
- name back into the market.
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- If the whole world is ready to change away from Windows is something I can
- not answer. I use the Amiga because I still like to use it and get pleasure
- out of the software which has been made for it over the years. I use the PC
- because it is needed in this day and age for me to function.
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- A Windows PC is not as evil as people made out, when you look at it, it
- puts the Amiga to shame these days because the Amiga is so out dated now.
- Its a sad fact but its true.
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- I still love to use the Amiga but if it will ever make a come back is
- surely in doubt.
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