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- From: dukat@suba.com (Lawrence Wilson)
- 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!)
- Date: 12 Apr 1996 05:28:38 GMT
- Organization: Suba Communications
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- Jack andrews (amiga@primenet.com) wrote:
- : Dave Gentry <dgentry@vlsi4.racal.com> wrote:
- : : To all:
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- : : 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?
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- : : 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?
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- : : 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.
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- : : D. G.
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- This IS a belated April Fool's joke, right?
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