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- From: 100615.403@compuserve.com (Kenny Green)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: VISCORP and AT ... A non-whining point of view ;-)
- Date: 13 Apr 1996 11:41:19 GMT
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- In article <4kln35$50n@maya.dei.unipd.it>, cars@civ.bio.unipd.it (Fabio
- D'Alessi) wrote:
-
- > Well, just my point of view... let's all relax and consider
- > what's happening between AT and VISCORP (I guess we will see
- > a lot of discussions in the very next days about this)...
- >
- > As far as I see it, VISCORP seems to be acquiring the "rights"
- > to utilize the Amiga chips and OS for their purposes, but this
- > does not mean that they are acquiring "exclusive rights" or
- > buying the AT. In other words, I don't really think that they
- > will stop the project of a PPC Amiga to develop their ETV sets.
- > I don't think they will have such an influence in AT developing
- > teams.
- > They will just develop their sets while AT will go on projecting
- > our wonderful PPCAmiga.
- >
- > At least this is how I see it... (crossed fingers)
- >
- > fabio
- > --
- > fabio d'alessi
- > Venetiana Inc. CS
-
- Fabio,
-
- Read and spread. Also, check out http://ww.vistv.com. Does that look like
- a acompany only interested in Amiga chips ?
-
- 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
-
- --
- my sig is on holiday. use your imagination
-