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- From: fheitka@ibm.net (Frederick Heitkamp)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: VISCORP and AT ... A non-whining point of view ;-)
- Date: 16 Apr 1996 11:04:20 GMT
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- In message <Pine.LNX.3.91.960416063628.1762B-100000@mail.inhb.co.nz> - Ross Dee
- ley <rossdee@inhb.co.nz> writes:
- :>
- :>On 15 Apr 1996, Stephen B Hodge wrote:
- :>
- :>> From what Dave Haynie said Viscorp already had the licence agreement.
- :>> They have now bought (or are about to buy) the company itself.
- :>> Obviously they want control of the direction of future development.
- :>
- :>There may be another reason, the license agreement probably meant that
- :>they had to pay a royalty or some such for each unit sold. If the set-top
- :>box proves to be the thing that the world (esp USA) is looking for in
- :>terms of cable TV and network access then they might sell 100 million of
- :>them, and the 40 million $ they paid up front would be cheaper in the
- :>long run.
- :>
- My problem is that there are some heavy hitters with very deep pockets
- working on this internet computer and set top box things. We're talking
- cable, phone, major consumer electronics companies. How is a little
- company like VISCorp with old technology (Amiga) going to compete? Many
- of the major players have prototypes and agreements already. In addition
- many of the big players are trying to get in bed with Microsoft, who
- wants to control the OS across both units, and probably will.
-
- I want to know what intellectual property, that is Amiga, that anyone wants?
- I don't see any large financial institution approving Amiga purchase
- business plan based on what I know (which ain't a whole lot, as you can see
- :))
-
- Don't get me wrong, I have two Amiga's and think thery're pretty capable,
- but it's been three years since any major development. The Amiga has
- slow graphics, CPU, and no (VM, MP, DSOM, OLE, CORBA, OPENDOC, etc., etc.)
- compared to current PC technology.
-
- Fred Heitkamp
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