City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga

[Oli_hd]

I just dont know what to say, how stupid are Amiga to spend that much on a PR stunt.
They could have bought a boat load of MP4 players OEM and sold them just like Commodore did... at least that would have been a product, but nooo lets sponsor Kent.
On the up side it does show they did have some money left.

[humppa]

On the up side it does show they did have some money left.

I just don't want to know where that money comes from when OTOH they have been "unable" to pay there employees...
So I wonder what new investor is behind all this. Pentti Kouri? Who knows.

I am sure Kent's newspapers would be interested in some links and hints to know who the company with the naming rights to their new business center _really_ is. ;-)

[Tomas]

Bill was one of the few members of the recent Amiga staff who took a personal interest in the "classic" Amiga community. He regularly communicated with Amiga-oriented groups and individuals keeping the current fan base for Amiga computers up-to-date and helped them to understand the goings on at Gateway's Amiga division.

I find this more odd, as now he seems to care nothing about the community or even the new version of the classic AmigaOS.

[AmiSake]

they should have used that money to get some hardware developed instead ...  :madashell:

[c64_d0c]

The news item is now suddenly gone... :-o
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[bobamu]

yup

all seems a bit naughty doesn't it

[TheMagicM]

I am sure Kent's newspapers would be interested in some links and hints to know who the company with the naming rights to their new business center _really_ is.

I already did..I'll see if they reply.

[c64_d0c]

did anyone do a screen capture?...
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[guru-666]

not to worry.  I have just droped off a proposition to rename "California" "Amiga Nation".  I have also renamed my living room to "Amiga Stadium" and my "rest room" is now know as the "Advanced Amiga Research Lab" ( I just produced some new proto types this morning ) I expect all this will be official in about two weeks.
 :hammer:

[humppa]

c64_d0c wrote:
did anyone do a screen capture?...

LINK

And here (text).

[Zac67]

@guru-666
 :roflmao:  :laughing:  :roflmao:

[DonnyEMU]

This is downright hillarious. I have been to Kent Washington and have family that lives there. It's a small suburb in the Seattle area. It's so small that I'd hardly call it a "City"..

I will be sure to advise them to go to city council meetings more often and what they can expect.. So basically Amiga moved from Snoqalmi Falls to Kent? Amazing. When I went by the Snowqalmi offices they didn't even have a secretary and it was during regular business hours (that was a few years ago) and they were closed.

The best thing in Kent was their Denny's restaurant and that's not saying a lot. My apologies to folks who live there but it's really "small town USA".

[redrumloa]

Is this some kind of joke or hoax??? :insane:

[humppa]

So basically Amiga moved from Snoqalmi Falls to Kent? Amazing.

They gave up their office in Snoqualmie somehwere in 2004/2005.
I think it's only McEwen who resides there still.

When I went by the Snowqalmi offices they didn't even have a secretary and it was during regular business hours (that was a few years ago) and they were closed.

Their staff figures were always outright hilarious:

March 2000:
"The company and its 70 employees will occupy 10,100 square feet in a building owned by The Inception Group. The building is in the Snoqualmie Ridge Business Park, being developed by Quadrant."

Two years later...

April 2002:
"Employees: About 30."
"Goal for 2002? To deliver on our promise"  :lol:

[redrumloa]

No really, is this a joke or hoax? Was it ever really on Amiga Inc's website? I'm having a hard time with it, as it would be just about the most stupid, full of crap press release EVER in the history of press releases.

[TheMagicM]

yes it was really on their site..look at a previous post to a pic of the actual news item.
again, LOL @ AI.