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- From: 100615.403@compuserve.com (Kenny Green)
- 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: 13 Apr 1996 11:36:27 GMT
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- In article <4km6g1$gbv@sam.inforamp.net>, doczim@inforamp.net (Jim
- Ogilvie) wrote:
-
-
- > That depends on your definition of "dead". New development for the
- > Amiga has been shrunk to near nothing. The Amigas very last hope,
- > Escom, has abandoned the machine. There's no new software to speak of,
- > no new hardware to speak of. This, in my view, means "dead". The
- > Amiga, in my view, was officially dead when Commodore folded. The
- > exodus of Amiga developers began then. Without developers, there is no
- > future.
- >
- Escom did nothing for the Amiga other than being its financial benefactor.
- Like Commodore, Escom is going to sell the Amiga to cover its PC losses
- which is something that will keep it in a downward spiral.
-
- > > I mean I waited the nearly two years it took for Commodore to
- > >be bought, then for Escom/Amiga Tech. to start producing machines,
- > >then for Amigas to be available in the States, and again for the Amiga
- > >4000T to move from the 040 to the 060.
- >
- .
- >
- > > Well, now I have no idea what to think. The press release
- > >isn't exactly brimming with good news, and from my POV doesn't look
- > >promising. VIScorp's focus on set-top-boxes is not something I'd like
- > >to see the Amiga relegated to. The weak affirmation that the "support
- > >of ongoing European sales of popular models such as the A4000T and the
- > >A1200 as well as the current developments and future releases of Amiga
- > >Technologies" does not impress me... One sentence from the head of
- > >Escom Helmut Jost and not VIScorp showing any promise of the
- > >revitalization Amiga COMPUTER platform , is not, in my opinion
- > >something to be very (positively) excited about. As for what Petro
- > >Tyschtschenko said, the "research and development support potential"
- > >"like VIScorp can provide" may only be directed toward Amiga based
- > >set-top-boxes...
- >
- Viscorp will be the first chance the Amiga will have for a long time to be
- the core computer around which a business is focussed, and not a side
- concern which gets sold everytime the main PC business flags. I paste in
- now the letter from The Software Director of Viscorp which was posted on
- Compuserve by their Software Director, who created Amiga Exec.
-
- Well as everyone has heard by now, AT has been acquired by VISCorp. What
- some of you may not realize is that the Director of Software for the
- company is none other than Carl Sassenrath, the father of the Amiga's
- Exec, and that makes the Amiga's OS one of the most efficient operating
- systems around. We all know that!
-
- Here is a copy of a message I sent to Carl and his reply. If this all
- comes true, we may have something to cheer about!
-
- At 9:42 AM 4/12/96 -0700, John Gager wrote: >Carl: I recently read about
- the buyout of Amiga Technologies by VIScorp. As a longtime Amiga user, I
- know of your early involvement with the Amiga and Exec. In fact, I still
- have your Guru Book #1 <g>. Although I know the Amiga is in very capable
- hands, I'm still apprehensive about >its future. Will the technology just
- go into the design of Set-Top TV boxes, or will you still be developing
- the computer? > >I hope we hear from you soon because I'm sure there are a
- lot of nervous Amiga users out there now. If you want me to pass anything
- along to the nets, CompuServe, or whatever, please let me know and I'll
- post itfor >you. Thanks! >John Gager >jgager@bmi.net
-
- John,
-
- What I have been telling people is not to worry. We are all Amiga lovers
- here. Unlike ESCOM or even Commodore, VIScorp does not have a single IBM
- PC person in the development group. We are all solid Amigans from the
- very beginning. Personally speaking, I don't plan on killing the Amiga.
- In fact,I'm hoping to build one killer Amiga!
-
- Carl Sassenrath
- Director of Software,
- VIScorp
- PS: Please post this anywhere and everywhere, as I am getting swamped with
- the same email question from so many dedicated Amigans! Keep the faith!
- This is for the better
- Valid Addresses:
-
- EMAIL: carl@sassenrath.com (Please try this one first)
- or: carl@pacific.net (Only, if the above fails)
- or: carl@vistv.com URL: www.sassenrath.com
- or: www.vistv.com
- POST: PO Box 1510, Ukiah, CA 95482, USA
-
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