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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« on: April 18, 2007, 12:06:03 AM »
Makes sense to me... they're not going to rely on us to recoup their huge financial outlays.  If they can pull this off, they will have a foot-hold in an emerging market.  Just look at what EA and Endemol announced recently: "Virtual Me".  Sure, it's a hackneyed rip-off of a million ideas that are already implemented in some way, but their partnership has the potential to make millions for them both.

I say, good luck.  MAKE IT WORK.  And after the 22nd of April, sign the bloody license for Sam440.  Damnit.


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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2007, 11:43:08 PM »
Obviously, Amiga Inc.'s biggest issue is the community of Amiga hobbyist and devouts (and former employees, obviously).  Just look at all the flames going on here, and Amiga.org is VERY high on Google's response for searches on the name Amiga.  Any potential customer worth their salt IS going to google the name, find this site, see a large bunch of disgruntled customers who act like and often are employees related directly to the name.

This is what's keeping Amiga Inc. down.

This is the issue Amiga Inc. must solve forthwith.

And, it's not like it's that hard:
* Pay the old staff, even if you're not 'legally' obliged;
* Sign the rights for SOMEONE to have AOS4 on their hardware platform; and
* GIVE development tools as prizes to people in the Amiga community (all are easy to identify).


Back on track, Sam440 would be perfect for running display boards and ticketing kiosks and what-not, and with AOS4 and Hollywood might actually achieve some real exposure.  Remember, they are supposed to be providing new tech. and they are a software company, so they need a hardware partner.  I hope one of these partners is ACube.

Finally, 'Ruksun' make software which may be very useful in providing the discussed mobile connectivity, so maybe this planning has actually been done properly?  Y'know, thought about AND put to paper and threshed out.


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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2007, 02:35:50 PM »
Amiga's Technology Incubator

Sharing profits with the little guy after giving away development tools?

Now, why has that idea taken so long to get off the ground?

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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga (UPDATE)
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2007, 12:49:46 AM »
Funding Finalised (posted 2 hours ago).

Well, looks like the PFD and the AC are go.  Who'd've thunk it?


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