Pentti Kouri has passed away today

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Jope wrote:
Well.. Shady dealing. Lots of coverage in the press when he did his infamous "Kouri deals" in Finland back in the 80s.

Might be hard to be too sympathetic.

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

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Quixote wrote:
:-( My heart-felt condolences to Mr. Kouri's family.  That's too young an age to pass on.

-And it is shameful and disappointing, though not surprising, that Amiga, Inc.'s detractors have taken this as an opportunity to bash Bill McEwen and those who believed in him.

I'd venture to opine that Mr. Kouri was far from misguided by Bill McEwen regarding Amiga, Inc. and their plans and situation.  To the contrary, I'd say he knew more about such things than what has been shared on Internet message boards.

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.

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tone007 wrote:


He looked like a fat rich {bleep} who probably ate too much bacon, pâté and caviar, did too much cocaine and gave himself a heart attack.

C'mon, that's not cool.  This guy just passed away.  How would you feel if a family member of his read your post?  Plus, you have just voided my earlier comment about nobody on this board mocking him.