@yak

There's also:
aros-exec.org
morphos-news.de
pegasos.org
...and many others...

@Tomas

Have joined

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@yak

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So, we have: Amigans for OS4, MorphZone for MorphOS, Amiga.org for Classics and Amigaworld.net for whole Amiga world in general. Is this so bad?

It makes sense:

aros.org is AROS
aros-exec.org is AROS

morphzone.org is MorphOS
morphos-news.de is MorphOS

amiga.org is Amiga
amiga-news.de is Amiga
amigans.net is AmigaOS4

Hmm...

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@Tomas

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Tomas wrote: quote from amiga.org news: Quote: A new community portal has been launched, focusing on news, support and promotion for the Amiga line - but skewed towards the official AmigaOS upgrade path: AmigaOS 4.0 and licenced hardware on which to run it. http://www.amiga.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=7097

Mikey_C posted on the website of the "Amigans":

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Do not feed the trolls elsewhere and do not post about this site on any other amiga related web portal.

Hmmm... I guess a ban would be in order now.

Last edited by hatschi on 06-Dec-2006 at 03:23 PM.

@itix

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amigans.net is AmigaOS4

According to their banner, it's about Classic Amiga, Next-Gen Amiga and emulation of Amigas, not AmigaOS4-only, although it focuses more on the latest version AmigaOS.

@hatschi

Removed post, the poster replyed to has changed his post./tomazkid

Last edited by tomazkid on 06-Dec-2006 at 03:44 PM.

@hatschi
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Do not feed the trolls elsewhere and do not post about this site on any other amiga related web portal.

I found that very odd, considering that it was one of the admins that posted it as a news article on amiga.org ;) Also it was very odd that i saw a thread on amigans.net asking for people to spread the info.. It makes absolutely no sense!

@GrumpyOldMan

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You talk nice things about "freedom of speech" etc and try to use this against the new portal. Well, here's a news flash for you - the same "freedom of speech" allows the people behind the new portal to choose the way they run their portal. If you cannot accept the way it is done in Amigans.net, there are plenty of other fine Amiga portals for you to express your opinions.

True, one thing that puzzles me though.

Amiga(OS) is a commercial OS.
As such, it wants to attract new users.
Is a forum/website where people are stopped at the door a good way to promote a commercial OS?

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@Tomas

I think he just doesn't want people going around saying "our site is better than yours", stuff like that. And where he's said spread the word, he just means to your friends, as in people who are going to be interested in the site.

@COBRA

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According to their banner, it's about Classic Amiga, Next-Gen Amiga and emulation of Amigas, not AmigaOS4-only, although it focuses more on the latest version AmigaOS.

And sooner or later OS4 users are minority because site is crowded by classic/emu users.

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Anyone else think it's a bit cheeky for the new site to use a Boing Ball icon that's remarkably similar (albeit not exactly identical) to AW.net's? (And anyone using IBrowse or AWeb will probably be wondering what the hell I am talking about!)

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@tomazkid

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tomazkid wrote: True, one thing that puzzles me though. Amiga(OS) is a commercial OS. As such, it wants to attract new users. Is a forum/website where people are stopped at the door a good way to promote a commercial OS?

DING DING DING, give that man a cigar!

BTW I think you mods are doing a great job here, keep it up.

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@itix

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And sooner or later OS4 users are minority because site is crowded by classic/emu users.

Many AmigaOS4 users are emu users too and classic Amiga OS users, we have experience whit old Amiga hardware too, but lets not hope that becomes the main focus of site designed to promote OS4.

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@ChrisH

You mean the same boing ball thats also used at Amiga.com, EAB, and Amiga.org?

@takemehomegrandma

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Only less. Less members, less discussions, less substance.

Dude, say what's really on your mind... "Only less. Less bbrv, less Genesi, less Efika".

@tomazkid

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Is a forum/website where people are stopped at the door a good way to promote a commercial OS?

Sorry, you lost me here. I had no problems in registering to Amigans.net, and I doubt any newcomer has either.

I don't think forums are a good way to promote a commercial OS - but they are good in linking the OS team and developers to the current and potential future customers. Now which site is doing a better job in this - one which creates a atmosphere where both sides mentioned above feel safe to interract with each other, or the one which allows personal attacks, FUD and general mud slingering?

Please note this is a general question, I am not pointing finger to any particular direction (if you feel I am, I assure it is completely unintentional).

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@itix

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And sooner or later OS4 users are minority because site is crowded by classic/emu users.

Time will tell. If OS4 does not get released soon with available hardware, it doesn't matter anyway, there won't be much for OS4 users to talk about on that forum. If it does, then most likely OS4 and related hardware/software will be the major topic of discussion there.

@Rit

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Rit wrote: @ChrisH You mean the same boing ball thats also used at Amiga.com, EAB, and Amiga.org?

Well he actually is referring to the "favicon" used by the browsers to denote which site you are looking at. While EAB has a boing ball, it is blue, and AI's has text on it. A.O uses a square shape, but Amigans is identical to that used by this site.

In Tabbed browsing modes, this could be more confusing and makes identifying the sites tabs more awkward.

[edit] It is a shade lighter, but not so obvious unless you have tabs for both open and flick between them.

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@AmigaWorld.net

Well, so long Suckers!



... nah, only kidding. You won't get rid of me that easy. You might have won the battle, but the war is far from over. (still kidding)

Nice new portal too, looking forward to lots of friendly discussions over at Amigans.net

/shoe

@_Steve_

Aha, fair enough. Well it is different as you say, much lighter. Boondocks and Lemon Amiga also use very similar icons. I doubt theres any intentions behind it.