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[humppa]

wow. i think i remember someone posting pictures of their drop-house. was that in new york?

Cecilia took two photos of their "office" in NY: Link
Also see the comments and there is some more info here

why is it a new york company when everyone that works there is in california... or kent?

Simply because they have registered the company in NY. Nobody has to be working there. There might be also other reasons like taxes and such. AFAIK John Grzymala and Pentti Kouri at least reside in NY. Hakia Inc. and Itec LLC are NY-based. Companies registered on the Bahamas usually also only serve as a drop-house/mailbox.

LINK

"On the other hand, the address of 167 Madison Avenue, Suite 301, New York, New York, listed as the Plaintiff’s principal place of business in the Complaint, which is the office of an architect, is merely a mail drop where Plaintiff’s independent accountant, not an employee, maintains his personal office (Hare Declaration, para. 7). If fact, the independent accountant, John Grzymala, only conducts his accounting business there, where he does the bookkeeping for a number of companies, besides the Plaintiff (Hare Declaration, para. 7). No employees of Plaintiff have an office at 167 Madison Avenue (Hare Declaration, para. 7). Further, the Plaintiff has no employees located within New York State (Hare Declaration, para. 7). The only connection the Plaintiff has with New York State is that the Chairman and majority stockholder, Pentti Kouri, lives in New York State (Hare Declaration, para. 7).
Accordingly, it is respectfully submitted that according to the place of operations test, the
principal place of business of Plaintiff is the State of California,"

(taken from Garry Hare vs. Amiga Inc. courtcase)

[humppa]

I wonder if they feel that the classic community is just an annoying insect left over from the old days that they'd like to forget. They may have once thought to use the community as a grass roots advertising tool. But maybe now they think it contains too many critics, so it's no longer useful?

Would that necessarily be a bad thing? If they consider the "bunch of die-hards and crackpots" as no longer useful, they might want to get rid of them by selling this part of the IP/naming rights to a someone who considers it still as valuable/profitable (not sure if such party exists).

As long as they still see any value in the community, even if this value comes from selling a few boing-branded AmigaDE packs or puzzle-games to the few Amiga Inc. followers, they probably still keep them.
If they get the feeling that the community does them more harm than good however, they might consider getting rid of them. This might be a turn of the better, or can it really get any worse?