Something like that was certainly neccessary to sum up recent events for people that are not following the news that closely. It's a good read, but I think some more attention to the details would have been neccessary. In its current form, the article is just an easy target for criticism. I'll give some examples below - please note that I'm neither "defending" Amiga Inc. nor am I questioning the article as a whole.
If you're going to do such a detailed report, and you're going to mention the "2.2 million" number several times, wouldn't it also be neccessary to mention that the vast majority of that amount (1.8 million IIRC) are not real debts, but money owed to the company's executive officers (assuming that McEwen tells the truth, but obviously you
are ####uming that)? Bill and Fleecy certainly won't sue themselves for outstanding salaries.
Many in the community were trepedatious about the auction and what it meant to the company and its future. Bill McEwen reassured the community that Amiga Inc. was not in any trouble, that they had in fact moved to Seattle to be closer to key partners.
That's not correct. McEwen
did state that they only left their offices to move closer to their partners, but he claimed that nearly a year ago (and
not when the auction was announced by the landlord.
The nervous community, who had little choice, accepted McEwen's statement.
That sounds pretty dramatic - and I'm not even sure if that's a valid conclusion (a lot of people didn't accept McEwens Statement).
they would be able to market and sell Amiga OS 4 and the AmigaONE no matter what happened to Amiga Inc. However, a bankruptcy by Amiga Inc. (should that drastic measure come about) has the potential to change this.
You should either come up with a detailed explanation (why Amiga Inc. going bancrupt would "have the potential to change this") or you should avoid stating things like that. Asking the involved parties for a statement regarding this matter before posting it would be a good idea too (McEwen won't answer, but Ben Hermans certainly would).
