home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: news.primenet.com!amiga
- From: Jack andrews <amiga@primenet.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Is it Adios Amiga again? (AT sold out!)
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Date: 11 Apr 1996 11:17:01 -0700
- Organization: Primenet (602)395-1010
- Sender: root@primenet.com
- Message-ID: <4kjiat$ai5@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>
- References: <4kjdmh$gaq@news.internetmci.com>
- X-Posted-By: amiga@usr6.primenet.com
-
- Dave Gentry <dgentry@vlsi4.racal.com> wrote:
- : 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....
-
- What if now we get real world prices....what if
-
- : I'll let someone else pick up the thread.
-
- : D. G.
-
-
- --
-
-
-