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- From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Death of Amiga?? (latest AT press release)
- Date: 11 Apr 1996 20:24:45 GMT
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- In article <316D412A.2747@cais.com> Fabian Jimenez <fabian@cais.com> writes:
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- :"If the acquisition is completed, noted Mr. Buck, VIScorp anticipates
- :continued sales and support of popular Amiga computer models."
-
- In the release on AT's page it says the same thing except for the word
- "European" between "continued" and "sales". Hmmm....
-
- :The major difference is that VIScorp now owns
- :them and has a real interest in the Amiga and its success.
-
- ... as a set-top box. :)
-
- : All Escom
- :wanted from Amiga Tech is profit. It was up to Amiga Tech in their eyes
- :to do Amiga Development.
-
- Let's face it. All any company wants from anything is profit. How they go
- about making that profit is another matter. Nobody with the kind of cash
- to go buying a $10-$40 mil company is going to be doing it as a charity.
-
- : I ultimately like VIScorp since they
- :acknowledge that there is a US market for the Amiga unlike Escom who
- :just paid it lipservice.
-
- It's debatable whether this is the case (or at least the case for the
- Amiga as a *computer platform*, given the wording in the press release on
- AT's page.)
-
- :She was very upbeat and predicted a re-emergence of the Amiga as a
- :computer platform as well as a set top box device.
-
- The press release I read was heavy on the "set-top box" part, and awfully
- light on the "computer platform" part. Hmm...
-
- : Can you imagine the
- :attachments that will be available for your Amiga someday that will let
- :you hook up to cable tvs and such?
-
- We have that already. It's called an RF modulator. :)
-
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