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Posted by DiscreetFX on 2008/6/9 23:31:01 (2325 reads) News by the same author

Chicago, Illinois ? January 9th, 2008

For Immediate Release

Amiga Seeding the Success Campaign from DiscreetFX

The Amiga computer represents a lot of firsts in the computer industry but it also represents many missed opportunities. Since the death of Commodore in 1994 the Amiga has descended into dark times. They say you learn most from your failures and not your successes and this is most certainly the case when it comes to Amiga. And yet some good things have happened as well. The Amiga market has branched off into some healthy competition with the arrival of MorphOS, AROS & Amiga OS 4.0. The Amiga emulation scene is alive and well with Amiga Forever from Cloanto. And lets not forget the hard work of the developers of Minimig, Natami & CloneA. Amiga developers have transcended the need of one company controlling the destiny of Amiga and have forged ahead in interesting ways.

It is this Amiga spirit that DiscreetFX loves and we want to nurture. So starting today we will select one winner per month and give them $100 donation via paypal. No this is not a ton of money but it is a gesture that is meant to encourage positive feelings and development in the Amiga community of families. Each month if a developer or even user does something outstanding that pushes forward the Amiga, MorphOS, AROS or Amiga OS 4.0 brand we will send them this little reward. The first reward has already been sent in fact.

The winner is Jan Zahurancik's AmiKit. Jan has worked tirelessly and created a killer add on for WinUAE and the Amiga emulation scene. He is not alone and it takes many to change the world. But it is our sincere hope that the Amiga scene can grow one day again. One million users and 100,000 active developers would be just grand. Thanks again Jan Zahurancik for all your hard work and your the winner for June 2008. Who will July 2008's winner be? Feel free to participate in the process and let us know via e-mail who you think deserves to win in July. They can be MorphOS, Amiga OS, OS 4.0, AROS users or developers. That does not matter, what does matter is that they worked hard and pushed the community forward in a positive way.

Best regards

- DiscreetFX Team

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nubechecorre	Published: 2008/6/10 11:53 Updated: 2008/6/10 11:53
Just can't stay away Joined: 11/24/2006 From: Sanremo Comments: 1899	Re: Amiga Seeding the Success Campaign from DiscreetFX Thanks Discreet FX and thanks to all developpers/users out there that help amiga to survey in such difficult times

Atheist	Published: 2008/6/10 16:05 Updated: 2008/6/10 16:05
Quite a regular Joined: 11/28/2006 From: Vancouver, B.C., Canada Comments: 759	Re: Amiga Seeding the Success Campaign from DiscreetFX I nominate ..... YOU! for believing enough in the Amiga movement to have gone and purchased the source code of Aladdin 4D. That's a brave commitment to make in any economic times, but combined with the sorry state, well, non-existent state of the current Amiga market. I applaud you!! At this time, unfortunately I've been blindsided, the NatAmi60 is out soon, and I have to urgently save money for that, just as these donation projects have lifted off, and I was going to buy Aladdin 4D on top of all that.... Whew! Just wondering, have you looked into the possibility of acquiring SuperBase5? It's in the abyss, it seems. I am still of the firm belief that with the help of NatAmi60 and the future developments from it, Amiga CAN regain prominence in the computing world, and NOT as a mere curiosity, but burst into genuine market share. It had 2,000,000+ users at one time, and the computers have passed through many hands over the years..... Exposure is at least 4 times the total amount of Amigas ever built.. Legends are legends for a reason. And we've yet to show what we REALLY were all about!