I agree that the Amiga was a minimal thing in the history of gateway, but that, I thought, was the point of the thread.
It was too many things having a minimal impact, and not enough important things happening, that caused Gateway to not be in the winners circle today.
Lack of vision and, yes, if the economy was great, it would be easier for them, and everyone...but the economy is not great, these things happen, and they aren't doing so well.
If they got $3 off on their windows license, which I doubt, but if they did, then they saved $3 on machines that cost multiple hundreds to build, big deal really...sure its saving money, thats good, but they needed more than the everyday cost cutting, they needed innovation.
what a waste of potential.
I can be very cynical, but I will draw the line at saying anything Amiga related is a waste of time...if so, then I just waste my time by being here. I don't. No, there will be competition in the computer sphere...whether it is actually launched from this group, I don't know, but I do know its useful to 'think different' (its more than just a cliche).
5 years ago, gateway had a real opportunity that they failed to realize.
