Pentti Kouri has passed away today

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hooligan wrote:
long live Amiga

RIP PK.

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orb85750 wrote:

Speaking of shady deals, was he the one responsible for offering $10Million for an Amiga-named sport stadium, then backing out?

Since Bill was claiming at the time to be acting President in addition to his role as VP and Pentti is believed to have been Chairman it would stand to reason he had approved the deal in some form.  Later it was said that some investor traveling in Europe was unreachable (or at least not easily reachable) that they needed to get approval from late in the game near the deal deadline.  But some of the speculation I think was more that that might have been Ryszard Krauze than Pentti as Ryzsard was I believe having some legal issues back in Poland around that time (which have since been resolved).

Here are a couple of links:
"Shady Amiga company: naming rights for Kent event center"
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/kent-wa/T6TE3BB2QIOPAK8OT

"The Kent Events Center - Just the facts"
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=22928&forum=16#469237

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orb85750 wrote:

@Quixote

This is an Amiga message board.  I don't think that anyone is mocking Kouri or his family.  Rather, this board is a venue for gaining a better understanding of all aspect of Amiga -- past, present, & future -- the good and the bad.

Using your words, "shameful and disappointing,"  I think they may be more applicable toward describing AI's procurement of a once cutting edge trademark and using it to market tip calculators for Windows mobile devices.

Well said!   :-)