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Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix
« on: June 04, 2003, 11:09:12 PM »
The Phoenix Developer Consortium is proud to welcome a new member: Nolan Bushnell. Nolan founded Atari and brought the first video games to the consumer market. Phoenix and Genesi are proud to work together with Nolan.


 

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Re: Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2003, 11:26:59 PM »
Cough, cough :-o  :-o  :-o

Now that is a bombshell :-D Boy things just keep rolling and rolling.

Umm.. Is this that thing MOMENTUM Amigans always alluded to :-?
Someone has to state the obvious and that someone is me!
 

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Re: Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2003, 11:37:31 PM »
Ah, so this the reason for all the evasive Atari comments. I hope Pegasos still isn't going to be renamed Atari, however.
 

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Re: Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2003, 11:43:36 PM »
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I hope Pegasos still isn't going to be renamed Atari, however.


I think Infogrames will use the Atari name...  :-P
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Re: Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2003, 11:53:21 PM »
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I think Infogrames will use the Atari name...  


Well, I hope so, but you probably missed all the really heavy hints Genesi and bbrv have been dropping lately about a change of name to Pegasos - with Atari being one of the possibilities.
 

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Re: Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2003, 12:03:30 AM »
Oooooooooh the irony if that happens :-).

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Re: Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2003, 12:13:29 AM »
WHOLLY FREAKIN CRAP

Forget Atari, they need to call it the 'Nolan'

OMG...I'm so sorry for all my remarks and everyone I offended, and I'm really just a normal guy........

AWWWW CRAP, I guess its too late for that.

Anway, Nolan was a childhood hero of mine...and I liked him before his most famous work, Pizza Time Theatre...I liked him before Atari even...before Pong...Computer Space War...

before its reasonably possible that I could have possibly have heard of him....hmmm, let me back track, I liked him since Pong, before that, never heard of the guy.

OH WOW, well good luck...Nolan Bushnell is a legend, just one hint, jump ship about the same time Nolan does...OK.....

That is so great....well this is truly a wild day, full of wonderful news.
 

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Re: Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2003, 01:00:17 AM »
MarkTime, we are touched...and we will let Nolan know!

Be good (for a change!)...;-)

Born to be wild...etc., etc. No!  Born to be WONDERFUL!  Yes, that is the REAL you!

Welcome home MarkTime!!!

XOXOXOX  :-o  :-o  :-o



You goofball!  Get to work on that Mozilla browser!

:-D

Now!


Then we will award you a new "name"...

Donkey Pong!

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Re: Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2003, 01:32:35 AM »
MarkTime,

You offended someone? I guess I missed that ;  }

Sure, you have stated some strong opinions with a passion that blows radiator caps, and have a way with the screenplay. But I don't think I've seen you aim personal hate messages too much.

You must be an incredibly restrained person ; }
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Re: Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2003, 02:28:56 AM »
Really Marktime, your sarcasm is so out of place and mistimed it just makes you sound like just another uninformed troll, grasping at any chance for a cheap shot - one which fell rather short, as things turned out.
 

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Re: Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2003, 05:18:18 AM »
this is WONDERFUL news... definitly very good to hear...very good indeed..
 

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Re: Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix
« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2003, 07:21:35 AM »
Shucks, the Nolans, weren't they great?
Hate figure. :lol:
 

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Re: Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix
« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2003, 08:42:40 AM »
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Oooooooooh the irony if that happens :-)

Man, it would be like rewinding back to 1985 :-)

Actually, Bill Buck's in-your-face attitude kinda reminds me of Jack Tramiel.  [color=CC0000](Not meant as an insult!)[/color]
You have to admit though, the similarity is there  :-D
Amiga crushed Atari in the 20th century, is Atari now back for revenge?
 

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Re: Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2003, 10:17:17 AM »
Hey, CodeSmith no one is trying to crush anyone...;-)

MarkTime, as most entrepreneurs, Nolan has had his ups and downs, but you cannot deny his past and the multi-billion dollar industry he spawned through Pong and Atari.  He has always been on the contemporary intellectual/technical edge.  He is now too...;-)
   
uwink is his new company.  uwink develops, promotes, distributes and maintains video games at "point-of-fun" sites in many places -- airports, restaurants, shopping malls, etc.  It is a complete package and they update their arcade machines running Linux via the internet.  The Pegasos is perfect for uwink's needs.  We might even see MorphOS start to run some of the machines later in the year.
   
uwink has developed over a 100 "short form" titles that are perfect for a STB.  Wouldn't it be cool if the man who started Atari came back to christen a new Atari STB?  ;-)

 "Amiga" is still in this whole thing CodeSmith!
   
Please think about this...the Pegasos, MorphOS and the SuperBundle are a package.  This *package* springs from the AMIGA Community.  Nearly, everything we have done so far is based on this foundation.  This does not change.  This is the CORE TECHNOLOGY.
   
All the other products are derivatives (and may or may not include all the components)...an ATARI STB, an Amiga II, the eclipsis, the Psylent, etc.  There could be different operating systems, or only certain application software, etc.  It is actually more about spreading the *risk* rather that taking one, as some have suggested.
   
What we are trying to do is open up the market by creating multiple opportunities.  When you have all the pieces (hardware, OS, applications) you can do that, carving off what is needed to do what needs to be done.
   
Not trying to get anyone upset, just trying to go things going again around here...;-)
   
Congratulations greenboy!  Keep marching ahead...MarkTime no more!   :-D
   
Avance et triomphe!
   
Raquel and Bill  :-)

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Re: Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2003, 10:56:57 AM »
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Well, I hope so, but you probably missed all the really heavy hints Genesi and bbrv have been dropping lately about a change of name to Pegasos - with Atari being one of the possibilities.


It seems I missed it...  :-o
But see the irony of it, after all those years it would be again a Amiga Vs Atari thing going on...  :-P
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