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From GILLES.BOURDIN@ramses.fdn.org Tue May 3 02:36:03 EDT 1994
Article: 49937 of comp.sys.amiga.misc
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From: GILLES.BOURDIN@ramses.fdn.org (GILLES BOURDIN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: **** READ !!! CBM IS NOT DEAD ****
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Date: 02 May 94 17:11:01 +0200
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Hello "Neil J. McRae", In a message of 30 Apr 94, you wrote to All:
NJM> Organization: Domino
NJM> CBM International is gone, which means that everything that they
NJM> control CBM UK, Germany, Canada, Outer Mongolia will be sold off.
From: Gilles Bourdin
Date : Monday, May 2nd 1994, 16H30 CET. Source : Commodore Germany
Commodore is NOT DEAD and neither is the Amiga. Call it a miracle, or
whatever you like, but it's TRUE.
Look, I just called Commodore Germany and was told that the european
operations were not affected by the American liquidation. "Things are
just fine over here in Frankfurt, thank you". I called four different
people to make sure that the information is accurate (yes, I speak
german). I know some of these people personnaly, I worked at Commodore
Germany a few years ago, and am concerned in spreading reliable
information from reliable sources, so please, do not flame this
information as rumours, it is REAL. Commodore currently only gives
information by phone, untill everything is cleared up.
Commodore US HAD to be liquidated because they found an investor who is
willing to inject enough cash to startup Commodores business again.
They won't tell at this time who actually bought them up, this will be
done later in an official press announcement. It is also not sure what
sort of agreement was reached between them, if it's a joint venture, a
participation in Commodores capital or a complete takeover.
What I can tell you, is that the buyer is a big asian investor who has
enough financial power to restart Commodore and who is willing to keep
the Amiga product line alive.
The american structure WILL be maintained, all devellopment comes from
there. The recent layoffs are the results of the liquidation. There are
good chances that many of these employees will be hired back when the
storm is over. No clear statement, though.
Production is still halted and restarting it is not a problem at all.
The names "Commodore" and "Amiga", as well as the product line will be
maintanined and supported in the future.
There will be *no layoffs* at Commodore Germany.
Alwin Stumpf (GEO of C= Germany) was in England on Saturday at a
general meeting where these issues were discussed. I phoned with him
last week (can't be reached today, unfortunately, you will understand
why, actually it was a real pain to get through the busy phone lines
today) and he mainly gave me informations about what was going to
happen with Commodore in France.
The main point in the negociations in GB were that the name Commodore
and the product Amiga had to be maintained. They succeeded in avoiding
an "Amiga slaughtering takeover".
They found a way to acomplish this needed liquidation of C= US and all
non-rentable subsidiaries (C= France, C= Spain, C= Belgium) without
suspending the operations of C= Germany, C= Italy, C= GB and C=
Scandinavia.
Commodore France will be replaced by a new company called "Amiga
Computerexport SARL", which will have an office in Paris. Developper
and dealer support as well as marketing and distribution will be their
main activity. This subsidiary of Commodore Germany will have a lighter
structure than former Commodore France and will be 100% Amiga oriented,
unlike C= France who was too much PC oriented and who didn't survive
the loss of the clone market.
NJM> Yes this is the end.
No, it's a new beginning.
NJM> For the first time CBM made a headline on Compuserve!
There will be more opportunities for them to make headlines soon, believe me.
Feel free to phone or mail me for further informations, the lines are
buzzing and I'll be back with more info as soon as available.
Gilles Bourdin, Paris. Tel (331)45341957 FAX(331)46266261
gbo@ramses.fdn.org