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Fresh from the rumormill. // CommunitywingMar 23, 2001, 11:22pm
Heh, I just heard AWCI is going to declare bankruptcy within the month.
Probly unfounded but gives us a ray of hope of new management joemanMar 23, 2001, 11:56pm
cyborMar 24, 2001, 12:21am
Where did you hear this? If it's true, maybe someone can convince
management to GPL the code before they file for bankruptcy. Cybor Awnews.com [View Quote] tony mMar 24, 2001, 3:58am
They cant GPL browser source; it uses RenderWare and Criterion won't let
them do it like that unless they take out the RW stuff. [View Quote] cyborMar 24, 2001, 4:05am
Are you sure this is true? I know you have to have a license to use the
RenderWare API, but would it constitute a violation if the RenderWare files were removed? If this were so, one could work on such source only by purchasing a license for the API. (Otherwise, no compile; the relevant RenderWare .h & .cpp files would be missing.) Much of the code is not dedicated to rendering anyway; I'd think something in there could be useful. If worse came to worse the engine could be replaced... In any case, this is no small project; I just would hate to see the software go entirely to waste. It's also worthwhile to keep in mind that all this is just a rumor. Cybor Awnews.com [View Quote] j b e l lMar 25, 2001, 1:03am
if they were going dead next month-why would they leave reunion scheduled so?
-- news://awjbell.com -- J B E L L http://platinum.awjbell.com G O I N G P L A T I N U M [View Quote] sw comitMar 25, 2001, 5:11am
In that case why would they tell anyone? It hurts there business even more,
because if word got out no one new would registerer. Then again most tourists don't know what the hell is going on. -- SW Comit swcomit at swcity.net Mayor of SW City http://www.swcity.net President of Community Linkage Commission http://comlinkage.tripod.com nornnyMar 25, 2001, 11:20am
And where'd you hear this bit of controversy? From a tourist? Yes, AWCOM
stocks have been far from perfect, but even this is sorta hard to believe. Although I'd like to say it is impossible, I doubt it isn't. Nornny [View Quote] brantMar 25, 2001, 1:15pm
I seriously doubt the validity of such a rumor. First, if AW was
going to declare bankruptcy, why wouldn't it do so while it was incurring huge losses, as AW did in its early days? Now, AW has been turning profits in most quarters. Also, why would AW make deals with large corporations (caligari, nettaxi.com) just a month before the declaration? I doubt that if AW was having financial trouble they would have to shut down immediately. Finally, AW seems to have more people visiting the universe than ever - there was a while last year when people seemed to be avoiding the universe, but now AW reaches near 750 people on Sunday nights (the busiest night of the week, apparently). I remember that even during the Cy Awards on September 30, 2000, there were only about 525 people logged in at once. That's a huge gain. roluMar 25, 2001, 4:15pm
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There was an ISP here. They seemed to do quite well. Then, one week, they
got two to three months of payment from everybody, where they normally got only one or two months. This seemed ok - it was payment time, and they had changed a few things in their subscriptions in the month before. One week later, they were bankrupt. Nobody had seen it coming, and everybody had paid about $50 to $75 for those 3 months - or actually that week - of access. Legally, it was completely ok what they did. Fortunately, most people (including me) paid automatically - and you can reverse such a payment up to a month after it is processed. Which a lot of people did. Still, they got a lot of money from the people who didn't knew they could reverse it. And if they had waited for a month, they would have had about 2 months of money without providing service. And this is not unique. So, indeed - if they are really almost broke, it's in their best interest to tell nobody about it, get money from a bunch of new subscriptions/renewals, and use that money to pay the companies they owe money to, which would otherwise sue them to death. rolu datedmanMar 26, 2001, 8:03am
what you think someone will BUY it?
[View Quote] > Heh, I just heard AWCI is going to declare bankruptcy within the month. > Probly unfounded but gives us a ray of hope of new management datedmanMar 26, 2001, 8:12am
Reunion has nothing to do with them, and if software companies are going down (or anyone
really) they try to maintain appearances til the end anyway... [View Quote] > if they were going dead next month-why would they leave reunion scheduled so? > > -- > news://awjbell.com > -- > J B E L L > http://platinum.awjbell.com > G O I N G P L A T I N U M > [View Quote] j b e l lMar 26, 2001, 6:38pm
...hmm... noted..
-- news://awjbell.com -- J B E L L http://platinum.awjbell.com G O I N G P L A T I N U M [View Quote] wingMar 26, 2001, 9:06pm
sw comitMar 28, 2001, 7:52pm
Hey Wing, if I pitch in $5, can I be second in charge? lol
-- SW Comit swcomit at swcity.net Mayor of SW City http://www.swcity.net President of Community Linkage Commission http://comlinkage.tripod.com wingMar 29, 2001, 10:35pm
Unfortunately no. The $50 I had set aside to buy AWCOM went to a much better
cause-TRIBES 2!!!!!!!! [View Quote] datedmanMar 30, 2001, 12:28am
Oh shit it's out? *drops keyboard*
[View Quote] > Unfortunately no. The $50 I had set aside to buy AWCOM went to a much better > cause-TRIBES 2!!!!!!!! [View Quote] eepMar 30, 2001, 4:20am
datedmanMar 30, 2001, 11:32am
Yah actually I am getting Black and White too but I host Tribes servers. :)
[View Quote] > Eh, Black & White is better... > [View Quote] wingMar 30, 2001, 2:40pm
You don't hafta buy it to run the servers. You can just download the Linux
serv from www.tribesplayers.com (I believe that's the URL but I may be mistaken) [View Quote] datedmanMar 30, 2001, 3:09pm
Thanks but I run it on a W2K server.
[View Quote] > You don't hafta buy it to run the servers. You can just download the Linux > serv from www.tribesplayers.com (I believe that's the URL but I may be > mistaken) [View Quote] |
