| From: | Donovan Reeve |
| Date: | 30 Aug 99 at 02:17:16 |
| Subject: | Re: Future of Amiga |
On 29-Aug-99, r790@mindless.com flashed:
>Hi Luca,
>Well, OS3.5 is due for release in late September.
>Recently a company called Iwin popped up out of nowhere, alleged to be
>building Amiga compatible computers at attractive prices. Though no one can
>verify if they are legit. Personally I don't think so.
>Their site is http://www.iwin-corp.com/
>A while ago Jim Collas stated that communication was important, and made an
>effort to keep the community updated. Now they seem to have done another
>U-turn, and stated "For the next several months, the Amiga staff will be
>focused on implementing our business and product plans. We will not be
>discussing or commenting on future company directions during this time. ".
>This all sound a bit suspicious, getting closer to a new machine launch you
>would be expecting them to be shouting a bit more loudly. I understand that
>they can't or won't release the specs. But this silence hardly inspires
>confidence.
Naw, it's not suspicious. All the blow by QNX, Phase 5, Iwin, etc. has
shook them a bit and they have decided to make an all-out effort to move as
quickly as possible to get new Amigas out that will appeal to us Amigans.
They don't have time to stop and talk. It's a race.
Frankly, I'd be more worryed if they HADN'T reacted to it all because then
I'd know that what Amigans thought didn't matter to them. They got a lot of
feedback from us, in fact they heard the same things over and over a million
times. Now they are trying to DO something about it. Besides, the
compitition is also moving very fast, and that is even more scarey to them
(and me).
Also, don't forget that is't mainly the executive-level coms that have been
put aside for now... the rest of their web-site still remains the same
including the feed-back forums run by Derick.
Jim just doesn't want the intro date to slip any further which it would if
they spent all their time explaining every move and answering the same dumb
questions countless times. In late November we will hear more.
cacha later,
Donovan Reeve (bubby.lnk@ispi.net)
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