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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #59 from previous page: April 18, 2007, 02:40:42 PM »
I dont believe it until I read that its a done deal, "we're breaking the ground now" and there are pics of it w/AI's name on it.  Then I still wouldnt care.. I just hope the end of AI is near.
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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #60 on: April 18, 2007, 03:04:23 PM »
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I just hope the end of AI is near.


Full ack. Hopefully they'll finally choke on this "multi-million dollar" thing.
 

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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #61 on: April 18, 2007, 03:20:29 PM »
I dont think they have the money for this.  If they do they're definitely not going to use it for the Amiga community.  They're just milking the name like the people who own the Commodore brand.
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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #62 on: April 18, 2007, 03:43:15 PM »
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Can you SELL naming rights to something that is ONLY PROPOSED?


Yes.
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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #63 on: April 18, 2007, 04:07:04 PM »
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I dont think they have the money for this.  If they do they're definitely not going to use it for the Amiga community.  They're just milking the name like the people who own the Commodore brand.


How are they milking the name?  This is a venture that is COSTING Amiga, Inc. and probably not going to make them any money.  

It just makes no sense at all for a company with almost no products, no staff and no money to pay $300,000 a year for what essentially is a huge billboard advertising campaign in a smallish city in Washington State.

At least the Commodore trademark owners have actual products that people can buy.
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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #64 on: April 18, 2007, 05:44:55 PM »
duh-h.... it's a proposed building.... even if it get's built this will never happen.  Nothing A-inc tells anybody ever happens. LOL.
It is however fact the my rest room is now the "Advanced Amiga Reaserach Facility" and today again I produced some more proto types.... I would say I om schedule and rocking!


 

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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #65 on: April 18, 2007, 10:00:43 PM »
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If this is for real, it could be really good exposure.


I call this a "forward looking statement".  If Amiga Inc. does this right, this could be good exposure for a recognized brand name and for their company and products.  If they succeed, maybe the OS4 users and classic users will benefit as well.  I would like to see what comes after OS4.  Maybe it will be better than most of us can imagine right now.

I am trying to take the high road here.  I'm well aware of the opinions about Amiga Inc., because I also share some of those opinions as well.  After all, I bought into the coupon scheme.  Amiga Inc's image has been tainted by the coupon scheme, the t-shirt fiasco, the Gary Hare business card scandal, the presto-chango name change shell game, the Bolton Peck story, etc, etc.

But ... I did receive my t-shirt, I bought a MicroA1 and I use OS4 every day.

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-edit to add an afterthought-

Actually, I'll be happy if ACube gets a license, so they can sell SAM440 + OS4 bundle.

 

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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #66 on: April 18, 2007, 10:06:10 PM »
hey redfox.  
wanna buy a bridge.  It's in brooklyn, NYC, it's a historic monument.  All I ask is $500.  I will have the paper work ready once you send me the money LOL!

 

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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #67 on: April 18, 2007, 10:18:45 PM »
@guru-666

:lol: Good one!
 

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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #68 on: April 18, 2007, 10:31:52 PM »
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It just makes no sense at all for a company with almost no products, no staff and no money to pay $300,000 a year for what essentially is a huge billboard advertising campaign in a smallish city in Washington State.


I would hardly call the Seattle Metropolitan area a smallish city!!!

I think this is a great idea!-- Assuming they get off their butts and develop something!  ;)
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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #69 on: April 18, 2007, 10:44:33 PM »
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Amiga produces and distributes technologies and applications for wired and wireless devices – regardless of operating system or carrier – including cell phones, digital TV, gaming devices, PDAs, smart phones, personal computers, home servers, etc.


The Amiga does all that ?! Fantastic! That's new to me. I glad it's really true (LOL-mode on)


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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #70 on: April 18, 2007, 11:43:08 PM »
Obviously, Amiga Inc.'s biggest issue is the community of Amiga hobbyist and devouts (and former employees, obviously).  Just look at all the flames going on here, and Amiga.org is VERY high on Google's response for searches on the name Amiga.  Any potential customer worth their salt IS going to google the name, find this site, see a large bunch of disgruntled customers who act like and often are employees related directly to the name.

This is what's keeping Amiga Inc. down.

This is the issue Amiga Inc. must solve forthwith.

And, it's not like it's that hard:
* Pay the old staff, even if you're not 'legally' obliged;
* Sign the rights for SOMEONE to have AOS4 on their hardware platform; and
* GIVE development tools as prizes to people in the Amiga community (all are easy to identify).


Back on track, Sam440 would be perfect for running display boards and ticketing kiosks and what-not, and with AOS4 and Hollywood might actually achieve some real exposure.  Remember, they are supposed to be providing new tech. and they are a software company, so they need a hardware partner.  I hope one of these partners is ACube.

Finally, 'Ruksun' make software which may be very useful in providing the discussed mobile connectivity, so maybe this planning has actually been done properly?  Y'know, thought about AND put to paper and threshed out.


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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #71 on: April 18, 2007, 11:52:06 PM »
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Obviously, Amiga Inc.'s biggest issue is the community of Amiga hobbyist and devouts (and former employees, obviously).  Just look at all the flames going on here, and Amiga.org is VERY high on Google's response for searches on the name Amiga.  Any potential customer worth their salt IS going to google the name, find this site, see a large bunch of disgruntled customers who act like and often are employees related directly to the name.

This is what's keeping Amiga Inc. down.
 


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Results 1 - 10 of about 51,100 for +amiga +inc +fraud. (0.09 seconds)


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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #72 on: April 19, 2007, 04:26:44 AM »
I'm just amazed by all this.  First of all, Amiga Inc is a known quantity so who ever deals with them, gets what they deserve.  Second, why?  AI planning on a massive sheep shagging contest or something?  Oh well, it is a load of laughs though, guess that is something positive AI has done for us, for a change.

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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #73 on: April 19, 2007, 05:37:21 AM »
I emailed a few folks whom I wont name w/the City of Kent and some folks w/corporate @ the Seattle Thunderbirds, that were surprised to hear the bad side of AI.  "They seemed like nice people in our meetings".    So I sent 'em some reading material and wished them the best of luck.
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Re: City of Kent Sells Naming Rights To Amiga
« Reply #74 on: April 19, 2007, 05:44:53 AM »
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