Editor's Notes

It is often said, "The times...they are a'changin'." We Amiga users can certainly identify with that.

Back in March, we had to really begin to wonder if the Amiga had any future left at all. Then, all of a sudden, out of the blue comes Gateway 2000. If nothing else, Amiga keyboards the world over were as busy as ever for a time (and in fact probably still are). It may seem hard to believe, but it's been over two months since The Announcement.

At this point, I'm glad to be able to say that the acquisition has been finalized. Also interesting is the press conference held by Amiga International on May 16. While we can't really be sure exactly what to expect yet, it seems that Gateway 2000 and Amiga International do intend to continue developing the Amiga as a personal computer platform. This ongoing saga will probably play out further in the coming months, and we may soon have a more definite idea of the nature of the Amiga's immediate future.

Now on to this issue of AM. Unfortunately, we're still running a bit behind after that really awful month (awful at least time-wise), but we're a few days ahead of last month, and should be able to bump the publication date back even further for June. In the meantime, we've had to forego a few items and articles in order to keep on schedule. My apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

We do have a few things of particular interest this month. Steve Duff, the new owner of an A4000T (his first Amiga), is back to finish his story on the trials and tribulations, as well as great rewards, of becoming an Amiga user, and we have some rather, well, shall I say "offbeat" anonymous material as well, to name a few. But that will be all from this editor for now, so I'll see you here again next month. Farewell for now.

Michael Webb
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief