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- From: dmyun@cygnus.uwa.edu.au (Deok-Min Yun)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,aus.computers.amiga
- Subject: Re: Death of Amiga??
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- Date: 11 Apr 1996 15:27:08 GMT
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- James McArthur (jamesm@it.ntu.edu.au) 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." (from http://www.amiga.de/)
-
- Heard it as well. ESCOM wasn't interested in Amiga after all, then.
-
- : Maybe I'm stupid, but doesnt this sound like the Amiga is being shipped
- : off to become a set-top box.
-
- Could be but they COULD build a machine which incorporates set-top box and
- network computer in one which gives much better appeal to customers, I
- think.
-
- : Is this the end of the Amiga that we all know and love?? This is beginning
- : to get me *very* worried about the state of the Amiga! Has Dr. PK really
- : given up on the Amiga?? Is the Power Amiga just vapourware, and is the
- : Walker just a little slice of false hope??
-
- It's not the same situation as Commodore went bankrupt. Amiga Tech. still
- exists and will continue development of Amiga (I hope). But it could be the
- case that ESCOM wanted to make money by buying Commodore cheaply and sell
- it at higher value. Probably that's why they didn't make Amiga in house,
- let Phase5 to develop PowerAmiga and not really selling Amiga from ESCOM
- outlets.
-
- : Anyone of importance at AT/ESCOM/VIScorp care to comment, and remove this
- : devoted Amiga users fears that the Amiga is truly dead!
-
- You can always write an e-mail to them. I've got reply in 3 days from Dr.
- Kittel when I asked him last time.
-
- P.S. how bad can it be than this situation for Amiga? I wouldn't know.
- But surely I don't wanna read Essay from Bill Gates all the time.
-