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- From: dmeyer@tiac.net (David Meyer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: ESCOM TO SELL AT!
- Date: 13 Apr 1996 03:40:26 GMT
- Organization: The Internet Access Company
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- Adam Szymczak (szymcza@uwindsor.ca) wrote:
- : >
- : >The letter states that Chicago-based VIScorp would acquire Amiga
- : >Technologies, including the intellectual properties of the former Commodore
- : >Business Machines, excepted Commodore trademarks. The transaction value is
- : >approximately US $40 million. Terms were not disclosed, and the pending
- : >acquisition would be subject to approval by both companies' boards of
- : >directors.
- :
- : This is a joke right? $40 million for AT including intellectual properties
- : (except the Commodore trademark). Gee, didn't ESCOM get the whole shebang
- : for $10 million US? Nice return on thier initial investment.
-
- Escom bought little more than an opportunity. There was nothing there but
- "intellectual property". They put in some money and now there is obvious
- potential for something good to happen. Their return on "initial
- investment" is a lot better than their return on "total investment", but
- I'm sure they will profit from the exercize. Which is neither illegal nor
- immoral nor unethical.
-
- : Anyways, I didn't see any mention of the North American market, unless
- : Amigans are expected to buy set-top Electronic Devices to run our
- : applications ;) If it means lower prices because of higher volume, I'm
- : for it.
-
- Using Amiga tech to build millions of set-top boxes will spread out the
- development cost to those extra machines and reduce the portion that
- needs be charged to each Amiga sold. This is good. Mention -has- been
- made of the NA market, and off continuing both the marketing of current
- machines and the development of new ones. Right now, it's all talk. We'll
- have a better idea of what's behind the talk in a year - or less.
-
- Sweating bullets until then ...
-