Is Amiga Inc (KMOS) still alive?

[dammy]

Washington was in fact insolvent before they transferred the Amiga IP to KMOS/Amiga Inc. Deleware, and therefore Hyperion now should have a lifetime perpetual license to continue development of AmigaOS4.x and have use of the trademarks.

No it didn't.  Please go check on US Code description before you make such a statement.  Amiga Inc's value at the time exceeded it's debt and therefore was solvent under US Code.  Hyperion is barking up the wrong tree with that one. I know, it's the only tree they have to bark up on but that doesn't make it the right tree.

I really do not understand why Hyperion would make this silly statement when they already sold OS4 to Itec for $25K.  What are they going to do, admit in Ferderal Court they committed federal wire fraud by defrauding Itec and still have the rights to OS4?   :lol:

Dammy

[persia]

But if Amiga Inc were really solvent. they why the fun and games with KMOS to escape debt?  Some of the debt was back salaries, one doesn't run away from back salaries or even have back salaries if one is a running a solvent company.  The whole KMOS scam works against Amiga Inc/KMOS.  Why would a financial solvent company do such a desperate and unethical (though not illegal) act?  For Fun?

It's a complicated case, because only one of the original entities still exists, Hyperion, Amiga Inc (Washington) was deregistered in 2004...

But the lack of press releases from a company who's sole product seems to be press releases begs the question as to whether Amiga Inx/KMOS still exists in any meaningful way.

Somebody in Seattle should go take a peak and see if the offices still exist...

[ffastback]

dammy wrote:

Washington was in fact insolvent before they transferred the Amiga IP to KMOS/Amiga Inc. Deleware, and therefore Hyperion now should have a lifetime perpetual license to continue development of AmigaOS4.x and have use of the trademarks.

No it didn't.  Please go check on US Code description before you make such a statement.  Amiga Inc's value at the time exceeded it's debt and therefore was solvent under US Code.  Hyperion is barking up the wrong tree with that one. I know, it's the only tree they have to bark up on but that doesn't make it the right tree.

I really do not understand why Hyperion would make this silly statement when they already sold OS4 to Itec for $25K.  What are they going to do, admit in Ferderal Court they committed federal wire fraud by defrauding Itec and still have the rights to OS4?   :lol:

Dammy

Don't go spreading your interpretation of US code as fact Dammy.   :-P The judge hasn't thrown the concept out, and last I knew no one with authority said the ownership of the brand could be classified as a tangible assest for calculating whether they were insolvent or not.  Since contracts would normally be written for bankruptcy the intention of both parties is certainly up to intepretation.  And if it goes to a jury people tend to not like to let companies off on things their own banks would not let them off on (i.e. debts exceeding money in the bank and credit you can get,and almost no income means you are broke).  And last I checked no qualified third party has given a valuation for the brand anyway.  Bill Mcewen admitted in essence in a court recorded deposition that they were broke.  Its just human nature that that would resonate with a jury IMO (especially after having served on one).

As for your Itec wire fraud silliness I know you are well aware that Hyperion partially base their case on the concept of having been duped before this transaction and that they say they acted in good faith at the time.  And I'm sure you are well aware that Bill's wire transfer was never shown as completed and even if it was they were still short.  Bottom line its another item for the judge or jury to sort out.  You can wish all you want that Hyperion will lose, Amiga will bury OS4, and then that you'll gain an army of AROS converts.  But your posts trying to paint yourself as an authority on this subject and lecturing other to check US code aren't fooling anyone (I hope anyway!).   :lol:

[bloodline]

ffastback wrote:

You can wish all you want that Hyperion will lose, Amiga will bury OS4, and then that you'll gain an army of AROS converts.  But your posts trying to paint yourself as an authority on this subject and lecturing other to check US code aren't fooling anyone (I hope anyway!).   :lol:

Careful! I think you've just thrown your toy out of the buggy! :cry:

[number6]

@Persia

THe only thing keeping the afloat is Amiga Development India, which is really just an Indian IT company called Ruksun.

Based on the premise that AI makes a lot of announcements to offer the notion that acitivity is going on....

The question you have to ask is:
Does Amiga Inc. normally remove announcements from their website?
The original story still exists both in the archives and on AW, but the announcement on their site was pulled.

Additional discussion:
Can someone here get prove of the Amiga INC Indian acquisition?

#6

[ffastback]

bloodline wrote:

Careful! I think you've just thrown your toy out of the buggy! :cry:

Move the hair out from in front of your eyes and look at the funny laughing emoticon I put in my post.   :crazy:

[persia]

From Ruksun's website:

Amiga Development India announces Asset Purchase Agreement with Ruksun Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Acquisition of skilled services team, intellectual property and contracts from strong computing development center grows portfolio.

Issaquah, WA/Pune, India, September 22rd 2006: Amiga Development India Pvt. Ltd. (ADI), a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. based Amiga, Inc., announced that it has purchased the majority of the assets owned by Ruksun Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a Pune-based company servicing software development projects, on August 10, 2006. The acquisition includes intellectual property, business and engineering and support staff and all development contracts.

Ruksun has over thirteen years of experience in mobile, wireless and web technologies and embedded systems development. ADI will be able to leverage the experience of Amiga Inc.'s efforts in both mobile and desktop computing in order to better serve its existing and future clients. In addition, ADI will become Amiga Inc.'s off-shore development center. Amiga Development India will work to grow its customer base and will look to incorporate and grow the existing intellectual property base purchased from Ruksun.

About Amiga

Amiga, Inc., with offices in Washington state and New York, is a leading global provider of multimedia enabling technologies. For almost two decades, its award-winning software has been a mainstay for motion picture studios, multimedia creators and digital entertainment enthusiasts around the world. Today, Amiga builds on this legacy, leading the way in multimedia development by providing developers with hardware-independent technologies for writing and porting applications to new platforms and interactive devices. AmigaAnywhereT enables applications to run on a broad range of processors including ARM, StrongARM, Intel X-Scale, OMAP, MIPS, x86, and Hitachi SH series and to run hosted on a wide variety of operating systems including Linux, Windows CE .NET, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. AmigaAnywhereT applications are available online at www.shopamiga.com. For more information visit www.amiga.com.

AmigaAnywhereT is a registered trademark of Amiga, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

[persia]

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2. Establish client relationship, understand their pain points, challenges, and goals
3. Understand SLAs agreed with customer for project delivery
4. Participate in team selection for functional and technical roles 5. Create detailed project plans for knowledge transfer, rollouts, and development projects
6. Ensure projects are delivered in agreed efforts, schedule and cost.
7. Proactively identify challenges, issues, and risks in project delivery and develop a mitigation plan working closely with the client team
8. Understand and apply ADI's tools and methodologies for Application development and maintenance projects
9. Manage client expectations, provide updates to the senior management, participate in steering review meetings
10. Provide thought leadership in managing large projects
11. Streamline the onsite/offshore delivery model to deliver more value to the customer. Implement processes in the project.
12. Ultimately responsible for project QA, client satisfaction, and project team performance
13. Generate more business from existing customer accounts

Profile
1. At least 10 - 15 years of software projects experience
2. Must have done several mid to large size full lifecycle project
implementation, maintenance, projects in a lead role
3. Experience with onsite/offsite or onsite/offshore model
4. Mid size and large projects background or business development attitude will be a plus
5. Bachelors in Computers or related field and Masters or MBA from a reputed school
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[ffastback]

@persia

They've had those listings for years.

The Apply Now button dosen't work and hasn't in ages and ages.  It always says "Under maintenance".

[persia]

Nothing much from Ruksun since 2002...

[Akira]

persia wrote:
But the lack of press releases from a company who's sole product seems to be press releases begs the question as to whether Amiga Inx/KMOS still exists in any meaningful way.

Lol, a press release production company! xD