7 Dec
1999
7 Dec
'99
3:13 p.m.
They bought the rights to the Amiga hardware and
software from a defunct
predecessor, made grandiose announcements (about new products, porting the
OS, and reviving the line), got everybody's hopes up, and then dropped the
whole thing because it was too little too late and/or uneconomic to serve
the declining base of Amiga users. Same thing that Amiga International,
Escom, and several others have done since Commodore went bankrupt. Gateway
just hurts more because they were: A) the most recent B) rich enough to be
a credible hope C) possibly the last, best hope. I can't imagine another
major company bidding on the rights to the Amiga after so many others have
failed.
A sad end to a nice OS that still multi-tasks better than most.
Actually, there's still a bit of hope yet. Eternal Computing is
interested in getting AmigaOS running on the PowerPC Open Platform, as
can be seen at
<http://www.eternalcomputing.com/psys/platforms/platforms.html>.
And Schmidt of Amiga writes:
"I remain committed to seek out partners who are interested in developing
a next-generation Amiga computer and operating system."
So there's still a chance.
Tom Owad
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