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Saxonia Issue 02 Part 039
*** AMIGA INCORPORATED IN TROUBLE? ***
By Zerox/Gods
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This is an attempt in writing a very short article concerning the state of
Amiga, Inc.
The latest months some real disturbing rumours have been spread around
concerning Amiga, Inc.
Infact for about a year now there have been lots of rumours describing the
bad economy of Amiga, Inc, but not many sceners have taken these rumours
seriously. But more and more sceners have become a bit more worried with
the silence and lack of news presented at the homepage of Amiga,
Incorporated the latest months.
From the [1 1st of February[0 this year it took over two months before any news
at all got presented at the Amiga site the 11th and 12th of April. Even
worse, [2 Bill McEwen[0 hasn't sent out any executive updates since [1 Desember
2002.[0 This is especially strange since it was written that these updates
soon would start to arrive monthly.
This total silence from the president/CEO, has started a flow of rumours at
the various Amiga forums. And now it becomes very hard to know what to
believe in anymore.
In the news-forums we read that [1 Amiga, Inc. has given half of the company
to a Dutch consortium.[0 We're also told that the [1 economy is worse than ever[0
before, and that Bill McEwen isn't the CEO of Amiga, Inc. anymore.
While these rumours are spread, none seem to actually get the products
they've paid for in advance. Some sceners are getting worried if the
AmigaOne with OS4.0 will ever see the light of day.
In these times of uncertainty, Amiga Inc. posted a news at their site the
29th of April saying that Bill McEwen, President/CEO of Amiga Inc, would
attend AmiWest in Sacramento/USA. Bill McEven also wrote that [1 "There is a
great deal of activity going on at Amiga, and I'm looking forward to
sharing it with you. We have kept ourselves focused and stayed the course
toward success.".[0
According to this, the sceners shouldn't worry about the state of Amiga and
it seems like Bill McEwen is still the CEO.
Nevertheless, this is quite a contrast to what's written in the various
newsforums. It's infact stated that Bill McEwen and Amiga Inc, are broke
and that the new CEO of Amiga is Garry Hare.
It's very hard to make up an opinion about this matter. Whatever may
happen, and whoever may be in charge of Amiga Inc, I do hope they'll manage
to be successful and keep their past promises. Still I hope the webpages
of Amiga Inc. (maintained by Ray A. Akay) are realiable, and we should be
able to trust them. Therefore I hope more news will be presented at
www.amiga.com very soon.
In any case, [2 Eyetech[0 and [2 Hyperion[0 should be able to deliever both the
AmigaOne and OS4.0. So hopefully we shouldn't worry too much.
