THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT AT WOASE

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This sucks big time! The Amiga brand name on Microsoft products... How low can you go? I'm proud to have been an Amigan from 1986 to end 2002.

Maybe some should wake up and get a bit realistic here. Microsoft has so much money that they can afford making deals with EVERYONE. If they produce a console (the xbox) then they can afford to buy half of the game production houses to make exclusives to their ####ty console. Do you really honestly think that AmigaDE is important for MShit? It's just ### peanuts...

Here in Belgium, they once invested big (well big in normal people's view) money into a speech company. And everyone thought: Wow, they must be good as mshit is putting their money in it. They will survive for sure. Later, the company went bust. But did mshit care? This is just a daily routine for them.

And i still wonder: where are all these good programs developed for AmigaAnywhere which are going to be published by the "wonderful" MS?

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@olegil:

Big difference between Amiga name on Microsoft products and Microsoft marketing behind Amiga products, you know. Or maybe you don't

Well, olegil, we can't all be soooo smart as you (or at least as you claim to be ;-) ).

Cool, ms marketing behind fantastic DE products. Woooow...
Well, if you wonder how Amiga Inc achieved this, then maybe you should keep in mind that MS has the money to buy or partner with anyone.

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Ok, and where are these products they are going to market?

Game pack 1 and 2 which each 4 games...that's it? Or have i missed something?

IF Amiga Inc had some mindblasting cool games waiting to get advertised, then they would probably sell more this way...

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This deal only makes sure AmigaDE developers will have access to a very viable consumer market and widely available retail channels.

Good point...but i do keep wondering why the DE developers haven't managed to make any software yet. Where is all the software that MS are going to promote? Productivity software anyone? What about the next developper kit promised by Amiga Inc some years ago? Is it still coming... Are there any DE developpers out there anyway?

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@MikeB:

So in conclusion: 8 games will be sold and later 8 more. That's 16 games (8 of which have been on sale for a long time). That's it really...nothing more is for sale?

I have respect for the few DE developpers out there but i don't think this will set the world on fire...MShite or not...

To sum it up: there is NO DE, no decent developper kit, no software... I'm still trying to figure out how 8 games will generate a huge cash income for Amiga Inc?

The executive update is another bubble of air, with nothing in it. OS4 versions soon to be announced...yeah right...AInc being split into Desktop and DE? What have they ever done for OS4?

I'm not buying it anymore. My only hope is on Hyperion, because i believe they will succeed. Amiga Inc? Who are they?

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That is your opinion, IMO having AmigaDE products available through major retail channels is a major milestone for Amiga products during the last 8 years.

Ofcourse it is...i agree...if you HAVE any products available...which, apart from 8 games, theyhaven't. It's just so simple.

And i still can't figure out which benefits AmigaDE integration into OS4 would give us. Playing Planet Zed on our desktop Amigas? No thanks...