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- From: dgentry@vlsi4.racal.com (Dave Gentry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Is it Adios Amiga again? (AT sold out!)
- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 19:58:17 GMT
- Organization: InternetMCI
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- To all:
-
- Well, as you probably have heard by now, Escom dumped AT. VisCorp is
- now has the ownership of Amiga Technologies. Since this company is
- basically a settop box company, what plans do they have to continue
- the amiga line?
-
- Sure, the announcement mentioned something about continued European
- (only?) sales of existing models (A1200 and A4000), and a bit of
- mumbling about future developments, but come on. Being an American
- company and seeing the vast competition of other platforms (mostly
- PC's), how long will it be before they see the futility of trying to
- create and sell computer platforms other than PC compatibles and
- funding of the amiga personal computer comes to an end?
-
- I'm not saying that it is futile, but this country is overrun with
- PC's (around 85-90%), and it sure could look futile to a company
- thinking of trying to compete with that, especially when considering
- the enormous amounts of money needed to launch a platform that is
- definitely in the minority.
-
- But.....
-
- Does this mean that we'll finally start seeing some marketing in the
- world's largest computer market? Could this thing actually benefit
- the Amiga community?
-
- What if the Surfer actual carves out a market?
-
- What if all those who've been burnt by WinBlows95 are willing to try
- something else (besides a DTP Mac)?
-
- What if....
-
- I'll let someone else pick up the thread.
-
- D. G.
-
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