THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT AT WOASE

[Bobsonsirjonny]

AmigaAnywhere is to be marketed and distributed by Microsoft. The Amiga name and boing ball will feature heavily on the packaging. Amiga/Developers get the royalties.

[ksk]

:|

[SlimJim]

NOW we're talking!
 That's THE PR-machine of the world after all.
 
I wonder how AInc pulled that one off... Let's wait
for actual quotes of Fleecy's speech.
 
(By the way, why didn't anyone post about this until NOW? Were you all sleeping on the show or what?!)
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SlimJim

[System]

Wow if this is true then... what does this mean for Aos5. This will have the power to link with everything out there and surely that makes windows look pants... surely M$ aren't going to let it get in the way of .Net or is this a way to keep their hands on our crown jewels. :-o

[System]

I'm..... confused.... must fight revulsion..... Microsoft bad? Microsoft good?..... Time for Guru Meditation.......

[System]

Yes......Thats whats buggin me. What does M$ get out of it. If Amiga developers get the royalties then surely more people will move back towards Aos.!!!
Why would M$ help us come back unless Gatesy is a closet Amigafile....No ....it's late and I'm dreaming again. :-?

[ne_one]

Ok, where's the winking eye emoticon. I didn't see this posted elsewhere.

Maybe someone forgot the 'Entertainment Pack' after Amiga Anywhere. Planet Zed all over again.

[redrumloa]

Someone explain to me what M$ gets out of all of this? There's something missing. I don't know what to think. I guess it's good, even though I hate M$ as a company.
 :-?  :-?

[Elektro]

Whenever M$ is involved I get rather jumpy and this won't be an exception...

I just hope Amiga Inc. know what they're doing... (ok ok bad use of words  :-P )

[Bobsonsirjonny]

Wait till the transcript comes out Or go into general discusion and read the WOASE threads.

I'm off to bed - cos I have a big drive tommorow :-) Night night everyone zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Argo]

I assume MS get good PR. You know that whole convicted monopoly thing... Not that they probably aren't thinging 5 or so years ahead.... ;-)

[ghauber]

What does M$ get out of it.

Content for their Pocket PC and Smartphone platforms, which makes them more attractive to consumers.  Amiga OS is a desktop OS, so Microsoft will not lose out there, as this is in a different market.  Microsoft needs content to help kickstart their platform and compete against other OS's in that space.  Amiga Anywhere is a good way to provide that content.

[L8-X]

Oh no...me scared!

Mommy told me there wasn`t any real bogeymen...but I`ve seen Bill Gates on the TV so they are real! ;-)

[Rebel]

Fleecy said that Microsoft expect to shift 7million XDAs and 30million smartphones over the next year or two.  Thats a BIG market.  All of which will be able to use Amiga game packs.

Microsofts marketing muscle will ensure that these are in stores alongside the MS based hardware.
Retail giants such as CompUSA and Walmart will have Amiga branded goods on the shelves, increasing awareness of Amiga. :-)

MS on the other hand get fast, good quality content.

[z5]

This sucks big time! The Amiga brand name on Microsoft products... How low can you go? I'm proud to have been an Amigan from 1986 to end 2002.

Maybe some should wake up and get a bit realistic here. Microsoft has so much money that they can afford making deals with EVERYONE. If they produce a console (the xbox) then they can afford to buy half of the game production houses to make exclusives to their ####ty console. Do you really honestly think that AmigaDE is important for MShit? It's just ### peanuts...

Here in Belgium, they once invested big (well big in normal people's view) money into a speech company. And everyone thought: Wow, they must be good as mshit is putting their money in it. They will survive for sure. Later, the company went bust. But did mshit care? This is just a daily routine for them.

And i still wonder: where are all these good programs developed for AmigaAnywhere which are going to be published by the "wonderful" MS?