Letter to Amiga inc re: hardware

[Amithony]

I pretty much know the answer, but what if someone finally got the gears in motion somewhere? Should we not be hassling them more often?

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Good afternoon all,

I was wondering if you guys were collecting statistics on the amount of Amiga equipment that is being bought and sold on ebay? Some of the items are selling for more than their original value! Do you think that maybe sometime in the future Amiga will ever return to the hardware side of things? I seem to have to ask every time ownership changes hands.

regards,
Anthony

[motorollin]

They won't care.

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moto

[Amithony]

motorollin wrote:
They won't care.

--
moto

Can they sell it to someone who does though?

[actung_bab]

they have no vision or any ideas just people trying make buck out other peoples ideas 2 a penny really.
on a more sad note, l read where motorola are in real trouble
seems sad for great company made the 68000 series cpus and ppc chips with ibm . but guess thats life things have there time and amiga is the same boat, way to late know the world has moved on. cell phones and consoles are where the new ideas are going. but forget it amiga inc u havenet got anything anyone wants. go sell life insurance or real estate hehe

 :-)

[jj]

Is it motorola that are in trouble, wouldnt be suprised as their mobile phones are cack.

Is Freescale also in trouble ?

[Amithony]

I wonder if the day will come when we really do need to bury the Amiga. How long can the components and disks last? Is there any way that a more interested party can buy them out?

[monami]

i get sick of hearing stuff like this. don't you ever think amiga are owned by someone who is being paid not to succeed??? think about it people!

[Amithony]

monami wrote:
i get sick of hearing stuff like this. don't you ever think amiga are owned by someone who is being paid not to succeed??? think about it people!

Persistence beats resistance. I reckon its still worth trying. Would you be looking to offload your amigas in the next few months?

[monami]

i think they were long ago took over by a nameless (cough.)big os corp who don't want to see them up again.
nope. i won't be selling my amigas. or anything i need amiga wise. and will look for success in elbox or any hobby offerings...

[actung_bab]

was on osnews apprently the motorola group has been spilt in 2 , with cell phone division seprate.
apprently its a insider at motorola spilling the beans on some tragic and details of company in real trouble
l hope u dont mind me pasting this link for anyone intrested

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/motorola-insider-tells-all-about-the-fall-of-a-technology-icon/

[mike-]

@JJ

Motorola sold off its semiconductors branch to freescale i believe

[persia]

I don't really pretend to understand KMOS.  They went to a huge amount of trouble to circumvent creditor and former employees salary payments and keep the Amiga name yet they don't really seem interested in anything to do with Amiga.  As the owner/renter of the Amiga name they are really the only ones that can provide an official definition of what Amiga is.

Without someone to lead there is no unified way forward and so the retro path is the only way, and how long will that last?  Retro is nice, having Natami will solve some of the collector issues, but it's really just re-inventing the past.  AROS is thinking about the future but being so tied to the past is going to sink them too.

It takes a vision, a spark of ingenuity every bit as strong as the first time to see the road ahead and design Amiga 2, the next Amiga.  Amiga Inc has no vision and wastes time with phoney offers to name stadiums and dotNet development in India.

We need a Jay Miner and there is none in sight.

[Argo]

What all is going on with the lawsuit? I don't recall reading anything about it for some time now.

[Gwion]

In my opinion (in a young person language)
Amiga Inc are Mongs!

[SamuraiCrow]

Argo wrote:
What all is going on with the lawsuit? I don't recall reading anything about it for some time now.

They've been forced into court-appointed mediation.