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- From: ad636@torfree.net (Stephen Bowie)
- Subject: Re: Scala and Viscorp
- Message-ID: <Dq7qIw.C9C.0.queen@torfree.net>
- Organization: Toronto Free-Net
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- References: <4lb3hq$t1g@newz.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 12:54:32 GMT
-
- GREGORY BROWN (gdbrown@email.unc.edu) wrote:
- : Here's a thought. I just re-read the transcript of Dave Haynie's March
- : IRC session. He said, among other things, that he was doing some
- : consulting work for Amiga Technologies and had been to Germany to look at
- : a few things. He also made reference to the fact that Scala, which now
- : employs him, had some kind of licensing agreement with another company
- : that plans to use Scala technology (the new operating system?) for
- : set-top TV boxes.
-
- : Since VISCorp's primary business so far seems to have been development of
- : its own set-top TV box, I wonder if Dave will continue to have much
- : interaction with Amiga Tech. I know there's a tremendous information
- : vacuum right now because VISCorp, AT and ESCOM are still in the midst of
- : completing AT's transfer and I'm not trying to raise some kind of furor.
-
- : But I think it's worth considering that Dave may not be able to work with
- : two companies that may be competing with one another in the near future.
-
- I had the same thought, but have been assured by the man himself that it
- is very unlikely to pose any problems.
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- Steve Bowie ad636@torfree.net
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