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- From: jtv@xs4all.nl (Jeroen T. Vermeulen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AT UK redundancies
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 96 18:08:52
- Organization: Leiden University, Mathematics & Computer Science, The Netherlands
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- References: <81F83021@cu-amiga.demon.co.uk> <780173170wnr@innov.demon.co.uk> <9601170023.AA000lo@girvan.demon.co.uk> <290997094wnr@innov.demon.co.uk> <4dp0fu$dre@bandit.cyberwar.com>
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- In article <4dp0fu$dre@bandit.cyberwar.com> zool@outland.cyberwar.com (Joshua Galun) writes:
- > C:WINSOCKKA9QSPOOLMAIL (keith@innov.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- > : They *stated* that all they wanted was to buy the NAME Commodore, to use on
- > : their PeeCees (the C= name being rather well liked in PeeCee circles abroad,
- > : aparantly).
- >
- > When did they state that? I remember that Escom wouldn't give an
- > interview to anyone, including Jason Compton, who then theorized that
- > they only wanted the name for their PCs...
-
- In a later interview with the German Amiga Magazin (why am I always quoting that
- mag? We should set up a group to translate them entirely and upload the old
- issues to Aminet) Petro Tyschtschenko explains how he was sent on a mission:
- "Petro, I want the Amiga".
-
- Apparently it was considered vital that he moved quietly, and I'm sure that they
- would never have succeeded if the Commodore Suicide Squad hadn't been under the
- impression that Escom didn't care about the Amiga. Remember how they almost
- struck a deal with the UK team near the end? Suddenly the liquidator was
- unavailable for comment until Ali and Gould came up with their objections.
-
- Of course it's easy enough to say *afterwards* that they wanted the Amiga all
- along, but we do know that Escom didn't hesitate very long to double their price
- when the acquisition came under fire.
-
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