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  1. This 'computer museum' sucks by DirtyFly · · Score: 3, Informative · on A Trip Down Computer Memory Lane

    I really dont know why do article come out pointing to an half baked computer museum,check this one out , http://www.homecomputer.de/ , and tell me wich one should be on the news ! Jorge Retro Review Magazine http://www.retroreview.com/

  2. Amiga is a dead computer by DirtyFly · · Score: 1 · on CEO of Amiga, Inc. Interviewed
    Dead as inLatin dead !

    Being an hardcore Amiga user for years and years (touched my first PC with windows 95), and still being an active amiga user (im Editor of Retro Review Magazine wich is still complettelly done on Amiga computers using page stream 4 just out of spite and for keeping the retro mistique within) Its with a little sadness that I keep seing this interviews and release announcements that never turn into nothing real.

    Lets take a look at what the Amiga was and represented back then , In the mid 80's the Amiga was problably the most powerfull home computer one copuld have, and with powerfull I mean in almost every aspect, for example, when I first eard the word multimedia PC, I couldnt understand the concept, why ? because my Amiga had ALL the features that the oh so new Multimedia PC had, and it had them years Ago. When the PC world was DOS DOS DOS the Amiga already had a Real OS with a real Shell and a useable GUI. The amiga was/had all that one could need, Powerfull graphics, Amazing Sound, Powerfull processor and was indded ahead of its time and at an affordable price, did you know that for sometime the most powerfull mac one could have was an Amiga 4000 running Shapeshifter ( mac emulator) this was when the 68040 was released and the Amiga 4000 was released based on it (there were no 68040 based macs when this happened).

    Now, lets come back to the present time, please tell me how on earth can we get these same advantages with OS4 , cmon, the hardware isnt made yet, on what will it run ? on the pathwork PPC accelerated Amigas ? with all those PCI hacks and so on ? Has anyone made a Price/performance racio on a 'powerfull' amiga and a PC/Mac running whatever OS you want ? Do you really believe a company like amiga inc can actually deliver a useable OS let alone new hardware ? How is the case with Haage & partner a leading amiga development company ? Please , If you want nostalgia, use antique amigas or whatever you like, you can even use Amiga One and call it real harware as in up to date hardware) but do not pretend that the amiga OS is but a niche OS for something that is using the name of a Great computer and is nothing like the Amiga once was.

    Jorge Canelhas

  3. Re:Win 95 - Amiga vs PC scenario .... by DirtyFly · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Windows 95 Turns 10
    I have a similar story, for years I was an Amiga user, then for work reasons I had to make the change, I sold my Amiga 1200 to buy a Pentium 100 , my first PC, Windows 95 was still a few monthes away, so I recall having some problems like :
    - 640kb Memory troubles - WTF shouldnt I have 8 MB ???
    - Multimedia confusion, The PC was a multimedia PC because it had a sound card and CDROM !!! , I had those for years on my Amiga and we didnt hype about it.
    - Windows 3.11 - WTF is this, give me my Workbench with features that were years ahead of its time, and that windows 95 inovated by copiying them...

    finally i made enough money in the PC business to buy my self my DREAM AMIGA 4000T :)

    Not wanting to start a flame war, but i must say that the Amiga and several others were doing the things that windows is now innovating several years ago...

    Jorge Canelhas http://www.retroreview.com/ -The retrocomputing magazine.

  4. a crime is still a crime by DirtyFly · · Score: 5, Insightful · on German Youth Convicted for Sasser Worm
    Im getting tired of listening to all that 'you dont patch is your fault' , 'you use microsoft is your fault the system is attacked'.
    c'mon, if i leave my mobile in the car and it gets stolen, that is my fault ? NO IT IS NOT, i was dumb to leave it there because of the lack of security in the streets but I AM NOT the criminal neither is the car company that makes glasses that can be broken, either way you put it the burgler is the criminal here.
    the kid is a criminal and should be dealt with acordingly, it is true that microsoft has bugs and flaws but the attack was mallicious, lets put it other therms, an old man walks with a cane and can not run , a juvenile kicks his ass and steals his wallet , is the old mans fault that he got burglered ? This is the same situation in many companies, they have a deficiency (unsecure OS) but they must live with it and must be left alone living with it.
    Make no mistake the kid is no robin wood he did the worm just for spite , people should be hold accountable for what they do no matter what

    Jorge Canelhas

    http://www.retroreview.com/ - Retro Computing for all

  5. The compu mob... by DirtyFly · · Score: 1 · on Another Stab at Laptop Security

    Ring, Ring ... - hi, this is compumob, you are using a stolen computer, either you pay us $500 or we eill tell the cops ... - burps the $$$$ DOSH $$$$ -hi , is it the police ? Im reporting on a stolen computer at address .... mua ah ah ah --- r u a retro computing fan ? http://www.retroreview.com/

  6. M$ as reached the usability barrier. by DirtyFly · · Score: 1 · on Half Of Businesses Still Use Windows 2000
    I belive this does not come as a surprise to anyone in the IT business. I believe one should upgrade only to the extent of what you need, hype should be NO reason for upgrade, in my company most PCs run W2K and we find NO reason to upgrade, M$ is reaching the point where they dont have much more to offer in terms of OS, in a production environment where things must be above all stable, there is in many cases NO NEED for XP. Windows 2000 brought great improvements over Windows NT but XP does not bring much value added over its older brother 2K, wonder what longhorn will give us ....

    Jorge Canelhas
    Retro Review Magazine
    For retro computing fans...
    http://www.retroreview.com/

  7. CD , DVD and so on TAX by DirtyFly · · Score: 1 · on Dutch Pass iPod Tax

    Im really outraged with this kind of tax, here in Portugal we must pay this so called tax over DVDs CDs and the kind, as a software developer and copyright owner I do not see any return of this tax, were does it go to ? further more its also outrageous that I must pay VAT over this tax (wich they give a diferent name), resulting in a double taxation , tax over tax wich should not be legal, go figure... About a month back i tried to find whoever could awnser me, I called the authors association, Public entities, to no avail , it seems that the money simply desapears .... oh well... Jorge Canelhas Are you a retro Computing fan ? http://www.retroreview.com/

  8. To cripple or not to cripple by DirtyFly · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft States Full TCP/IP Too Dangerous

    I believe this is a case of choosing the lesser evil, from my prespective I do believe that the full stack should be implemented but then again I do prefer a safer enviroment, remember most of windows users dont even know what TCP IP is, as long as it browses ... Jorge Canelhas Are you a Retro computing fan ??? http://www.retroreview.com/ http://www.retroreview.com/

  9. To cripple or not to cripple by DirtyFly · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft States Full TCP/IP Too Dangerous

    I believe this is a case of choosing the lesser evil, from my prespective I do believe that the full stack should be implemented but then again I do prefer a safer enviroment, remember most of windows users dont even know what TCP IP is, as long as it browses ... Jorge Canelhas Are you a Retro computing fan ??? http://www.retroreview.com/ http://www.retroreview.com/