Pokke! "Ray Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > NEW YORK--Personal computer maker Gateway signed a deal to sell its > Amiga trademarks and computer systems to > Amino Development Corp., the companies said today. > > The news marks another chapter in the Amiga > saga. Gateway said in September that it had > scrapped plans to develop a new Amiga > machine. At the time, the PC maker said its Amiga > subsidiary would focus on opportunities in > the emerging information-appliance market and redefine > itself as a software company. > > The PC maker also said in September that it > would consider licensing the hardware design Amiga > had come up with to satisfy current users. > > The news was a blow to fans of Amiga, which > has a small but loyal following. The economics of > making a computer for these followers > apparently did not make sense to Gateway, even though its > Amiga unit said in July it would offer a new > computer. > > Terms of the Amino deal were not disclosed. > > Gateway senior vice president Peter Ashkin > said in a statement the company elected to sell the > Amiga name after deciding to wrap Amiga's software engineering > function into Gateway's product development systems. > > San Diego-based Gateway acquired the rights to Amiga's technology > in 1997. > http://www.dds.nl/~nowmoo/
