Thanks Bill for some good answers. It's understandable that you can't go into more details then you have already done.
I think that Bill McEwen has done a good job of answering the questions as good as possible. Remember he is in a position where he can't just tell every single company secret to everyone. That is standard company business. I even think that Bill goes further in providing answers then we could ever hope for.
And for the $500,000 revenue per year limit on businesses that can gain IP license.
That is a good move, and would even be considered standard in many businesses.
From how I understand it: Amiga Inc. is only interested in licensing their IP to companies that are able to get products to market and to stay on the market to help build the brand. Their not interested in small companies just barely getting a product on market and then goes bust without any support for the customers who has bought the amiga branded or licensed product.
IE. their interested in building their brand and not destroying it (even more).
And I would say that $500,000 isn't that much in this type of business.
I own a company generating more then twice that amount in revenue a year. And I would have a hard time sustaining a production of quality hardware and also provide support.
Companies of this size comes and goes all the time. So for Amiga to require that the company to have more then a certain amount of revenue is a good move, in the direction of establishing a more stable market.
