| From: | Martin Baute |
| Date: | 1 Aug 2000 at 21:17:17 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: Amiwest news / new SDK |
Hello Aaron
On 01-Aug-00, you wrote:
> Comment seemed both important and pertinent, but if you disagree you
> can send this (along with all flames) to: <bitbucket@null.com>
Just adding flavours.
>> The SDK is selling better than forecasted. Amiga have been in contact
>> with numerous major consumer electronics and software companies,
>> including (straight quote) "every major gaming company out there". Many
>> of these already possess the SDK. Interest from major companies
>> particularly picked up after Bill's two recent TV appearances.
>
> Cool, and better than forecasted sales don't surprise me given the
> nature of the communities that have been enlisted by Amiga Inc. so
> far.
However the retailers who offered the SDK at the World of
Alternatives in Neuss still have most of their stock. No, the
SDK was _not_ sold out that weekend. I don�t know how Bill
got the impression.
That�s the grain of salt to be taken with Amiga Inc. announcements -
not all of them are based on facts.
>> A version of the SDK for Windows will be made available next month.
>
> I find this a most untimely and disturbing announcement. As any
> student of this industry's monopolist physics can demonstrate, it
> won't take long for the windows vacuum to suck away all the light
> that's been shared with Amiga so far. Any concession to the monopoly
> corruptions at this stage of Amiga development seems hugely premature
> and remains, despite all fronts and assurances, a drain on resources
> and a serious contradiction to the alternative community commitments
> that Amiga Inc. has so successfully stated, solicited and exploited to
> date.
Yes, we�re back on the Windows SDK pro/con thread. :-(
> Again in the Amiga marketing tradition, the first ones left slashed
> and bleeding from a premature windows releases will be that tenacious
> but waivering handful of remaining Amiga dealers; especially the ones
> who had placed trust in the new AI's stated alternative focus and
> invested in distributing the Developer Systems.
It�s itching me to comment on this, but it has been agreed upon to
let this thread rest in "peace".
>> There is going to be an Amiga IPO.
I still hope all this isn�t just a nice plot to make big bucks from
the IPO and then bury all the nice sounding plans... (/me playing
the crucial role of the reality checker here... ;-) :-/ )
(And this scepticism is not my own, but cited from a *major*
German Amiga-related manufacturer. I think Amiga Inc. has
still much information and persuading work ahead of them.)
Regards
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