Opportunity

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I'm looking for an Amiga enthusiast with experience in writing business proposals. I have begun an exciting project, and a fairly big-name company wants a submitted proposal. I've started in on a formal business plan, but have little experience in such things. If anyone would like to get-in on the ground floor of what could become a huge boon for Amiga, should the proposal be ok'd, please contact me.

Thanks,
transfire at gmail

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Ha Ha. No it is not a scam. You can look around and see that I've posted here before.

T.

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I'm trying to divulge as little as possible for the sake of how that might effect the acceptance of the proposal. But I suppose I can admit the basic idea: A _widely_ marketable amiga-based platform.

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Sell it to me... What is the benefit of being Amiga Based?

The benefits of a) AmigaOS and b) Customizied hardware.

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Serieusly, I think you should be a little more forthcomming (sp?).. A "widely" marketable Amiga bases platform can be anything. AmigaONE ? CD32 ? CDTV ? Aren't those Amiga bases platforms ? Weren't/aren't those marketable ? (Wheter they were / are isn't relevant).

I would like to, but obviously it is a simple matter of business that I can not. Someone actually interested, willing to non-disclose and able, of course, to help me put together a professional business proposal will be privy to the details.

Think about it. If it were you pursuing such a busniess venture, would you just jump on this forum and spill all your beans? Not to mention the fact that the world is full of naysayers; who likes hearing all that? Words are cheap. I am looking for action. I hope you understand.

Thanks,
T.

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A "widely" marketable Amiga based platform can be anything.

I suppose I can add... PRECISELY!

T.

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And whats your project about? Building custom 68k notebooks?

See what I mean!

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a) Ah yes, no software and an expensive licence (well, more expensive than free)

b) ok, expensive and incapable of doing anything useful.

Seriously, I don't want to know your idea... I just want to know what the Amiga has to do with it.

Understandable. What does Amiga have to do with it? She is  what I want to have to do with it!

Sure, why not do Linux. Why not stick with Windows. Why not?

Because Amiga is my Spirit. She is what I love, and have loved all these years. And it is to her that I will remain true.

She needs us now more than ever. Time is a strain upon her. Someone must rise up to bring the fold back together. So I follow the calling. I will find her. I will bring her back.

Too poetic for you? Try this: Because Amiga is worth it! Don't you beleive that too?

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Poetic, yes. Laudable, yes. But you've said nothing that makes any business sense!

Okay. That's a fair point. AmigaOS doesn't have the strong application base. That is a real difficulty --probably the most difficult. Of course, one of the goals is compatability with classic software, but even that is only a partial solution. We certainly will be pushing hard to sign on developers geared torward our initial market. But beyond that we may well need to offer a Linux-comaptability layer (perhaps coLinux) or Wine, although I am hopeful we will not need to do so --it does remain to be seen.

There are a lot of good classic apps out there, if we can get some of the major important modern apps ported like firefox and openoffice, then it should suffice for starters --at least for that area of the market.

Does that anwser your question a bit more (without spilling actual beans)?

T.

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USA

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bloodline,

He he. Don't worry. I have every point you've made under consideration.

I realize there is difficulty in selling Amiga vs. XYZ. And some weak points in the OS do need to be addressed. But if I'm not mistaken there are already a number of people working on them. You for instance.

For if it is all so unrealistic, then why do you support AROS?

T.

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For those of you who showed interest in this opportunity, please check you private messages.

Or contact me if you did not get a message but wanted to ;-)

Thanks,
T.