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- From: Gemini2@cup.portal.com (Gary Alan Peake)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: The ESCOM sale of AT
- Date: 19 Apr 1996 09:20:08 -0700
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- References: <damocles.3maa@nostromo.gate.net>
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- >On 14 Apr 1996 00:06:40 GMT K. C. Lee (de351@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
- >:Randy Vice (damocles@nostromo.gate.net) writes:
- >:>
- >:> owner but AT has already invested X amount of R&D and hopefully some T&E by
- >:> now. Would you want to stop a project and watch what you just bought go do
- w
- >n
- >:> a rat hole? In this industry time is a major consideration. AT is behind
- t
- >he
- >
- >:On the other hand Viscorp has its priority in using custom chip set.
- >:AT's previous direction seems to be heading away from custom chip set. Would
- >:Viscorp slow AT moving towards commodity SVGA graphics chips ? How would
- >:AT's relationship with Scalar be affected ?
- >
- >:What's Viscorp's reasoning of buying the whole thing ? Is it because they
- >:want full control of the technology (ie no one else can use it) and secure th
- e
- >:source of custom chips ? I guess we'll find out.
- >
- >
- >Ok, let's get this cleared up once and for all. ESCOM's new CEO stated
- >that in due to thier financial lossed, they were going to focus on their
- >PC line, which means that AT would have no future with ESCOM anymore.
-
- This is correct ...
-
- So
- >when a certain company that already had an interest in the Amiga
- >(VIScorp) heard this, they jumped at the oportunity to rescue the
- >machine.
-
- Partially correct ... they have NOT said to rescue the 'machine'. The
- software, developer base, the chipset ... yes. There is a BIG
- difference here.
-
- Sure they want to use the tech, but they also want to remain
- >compatable with Amiga (one of the primary justifications for buying it is
- >that it has a good developer base).
-
- Correct ...
-
- They have also said that AT will
- >continue to exist and make machine, including new ones, IE PPC. They
- >said they have no plans to interfere with AT's operations.
-
- This is NOT true and if VisCorp HAS stated this somewhere, please
- repost the quote for me.
-
- >This is from press releases from ESCOM, AT, and VIScorp. Just keep up
- >with the info posted on these subjects and you'll find the sources.
-
- Yep ...
-
- >/ ALSO SPRACH RFENTIMA / Robert Fentiman - University of Minnesota, Duluth \
- >| Amiga 2000/030/9/100 \ rfentima@ub.d.umn.edu or Robert.A.Fentiman@umn.edu /
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