Amiga Update (1994-05-02)
After close of business on Friday, Commodore International Ltd. announced voluntary liquidation. There is no more Commodore. What exactly this all means is unclear at present. At least one major Amiga distributor (CEI) views this as a positive development, allowing for the sale of the technology and at long last a chance to improve things. I'm not so sure.
I have several news items in electronic form which I will be sending to my Editor/Publisher at "Jumpdisk" for backgroud, etc., for an upcoming issue. Since I ran off without the disk containing a copy, I'll e-mail that data to this list tomorrow.
Keep in mind C= is NOT a US company and, "Wall Street Journal" not withstanding, things are unlikely to go as you might expect for a US corporation in similar straits.
Moral: beware of any company with a chief Nixon aide on the Board of Directors. (Just kidding - he had little to do with the bad management of C=)
Brad
PS - As you might expect, the phone's been ringing off the hook at "Safe Harbor" since they opened on Saturday. You might have trouble getting through if you need to call them. Interestingly, Mary is very optimistic.
PPS - The few remaining C= employees threw a wake Friday night in West Chester. It was video-taped by Dave Haynie and we'll see if we can get a copy. They do have a Commodore Death Bed Watch T shirt for sale. If anyone is interested, e-mail me for ordering information.
