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- From: Fabian Jimenez <fabian@cais.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,aus.computers.amiga
- Subject: Re: Death of Amiga??
- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 13:28:10 -0400
- Organization: Dogbert's New Ruling Class
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- James McArthur wrote:
- > Maybe I'm stupid, but doesnt this sound like the Amiga is being shipped
- > off to become a set-top box.
- >
- > 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
-
- No, the Amiga is not dead. I have spoken with VISCorp's PR person, Flo
- Radulovic. She assured me that Amiga Tech will continue to function in
- Germany. She stated, as also stated in the press release that the
- development and marketing of the Amiga line of PCs will continue also.
- In fact off a press statement she faxed to me was the following quote:
-
- "If the acquisition is completed, noted Mr. Buck, VIScorp anticipates
- continued sales and support of popular Amiga computer models."
-
- Now I think this is a good thing. You see Amiga Tech will function as
- they did under Escom. The major difference is that VIScorp now owns
- them and has a real interest in the Amiga and its success. All Escom
- wanted from Amiga Tech is profit. It was up to Amiga Tech in their eyes
- to do Amiga Development.
-
- She also stated that they have several Amiga people as hardware and
- software engineers. I dunno if Carl Sarensath (sp?) is still with them
- though, you know he wrote AmigaOS. I ultimately like VIScorp since they
- acknowledge that there is a US market for the Amiga unlike Escom who
- just paid it lipservice.
-
- She was very upbeat and predicted a re-emergence of the Amiga as a
- computer platform as well as a set top box device. Can you imagine the
- attachments that will be available for your Amiga someday that will let
- you hook up to cable tvs and such?
-
-
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