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- Path: coranto.ucs.mun.ca!gnoel
- From: gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (George Noel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: SMG or AT: Is anybody out there?
- Date: 1 Mar 1996 23:00:48 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Sender: gnoel@plato.ucs.mun.ca
- Message-ID: <4h7vj0$1ko@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
- References: <626.6624T1422T2179@genie.geis.com> <4ghlsr$549@alterdial.UU.NET>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: plato.ucs.mun.ca
- Summary: Conspiracy!
- Keywords: Apple
-
- In article <4ghlsr$549@alterdial.UU.NET>,
- Chris Hall <chall@clover.cleaf.com> wrote:
-
- >: So I'm asking: are there any plans to ever market the Amiga in North America?
- >: Is Gilles Bourdin still looking for a "strategic partner" here, or is that
- >: just something that was supposed to keep us entertained for awhile?
- >
- >: Yes, I'm still supporting the Amiga, doing my part: buying new software,
- >: including a Blizzard Board for my 1200.
- >
- >: But for goodness sake, people, give us *something* to go on...
- >
- >I think we are going to have to face the truth, AT isn't going to do
- >anything with the Amiga in the NA market. I'm about ready to give up on
- >
- >It's almost one year after Escom bought the Amiga and it looks like AT is
- >asleep at the helm. If AT doesn't wake up, their going to have a real bad
- >Christmas this year, much worse than last year. I wish AT would just go
- >ahead and tell us that they aren't going to market the Amiga in NA.
- >
-
- Perhaps the "help" IBM and Apple are giving Escom/AT is in return making
- sure that AT doesn't enter the NA market anytime soon so IBM/Apple,
- perhaps Apple mainly can gain a foothold there first moreso in the home
- market. The Apple/Disney deal is a start even though Viscorp will be
- using the Amiga Technology in set-top boxes.
-
- -=*George*=-
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