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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- Permission Granted to Distribute without Alteration
- Atlanta, GA
- May 31, 1997
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- Here is what Petro Tyschtschencko, Managing Director of Amiga International had
- to say during his recent presentation to the Amiga Atlanta, Inc. User Group
- (AAi).
-
- Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for this kind invitation here to
- Atlanta. Thank you very much for the invitation.
-
- This is my first event here in the United States, and I'm really impressed to
- see all these activities around our Amiga. When I arrived yesterday midnight, I
- could already feel the warm hospitality.
- It is nice to see that our Amiga platform is gifted by a community of competent
- people.
-
- Ladies and gentlemen, it is no longer a secret that we have got a friend in
- business -- Gateway 2000, the new home for our Amiga.
-
- Before I continue, first of all I would like to say thank you for your
- understanding, for your patience, that you, my friends, have kept Amiga alive.
-
- It is your success that our wonderful technology, our Amiga, has survived. With
- Gateway 2000, we all, and Amiga, I believe, will have a great and bright future.
- Gateway 2000 is a well-known, solid and established company in a computer world.
- Gateway 2000 is a leading global marketer of personal computers. Ted Wait, the
- chairman and CEO, founded Gateway 2000 in September, 1985. The company is
- located in North Sioux City, South Dakota and Gateway 2000 became a public
- company in 1993. Today, Gateway 2000 sells more PCs, compatible systems in the
- U.S., through direct marketing, than any other company. Gateway 2000 has a
- vision: to be the leading marketer of personal computers, products in the
- world, and Amiga is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gateway 2000.
-
- Gateway's mission is to grow the business faster than the competition by better
- understanding and serving the desires of the customer. And, ladies and
- gentlemen, Amiga is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gateway 2000.
-
- Gateway 2000's values are respect, teamwork, common sense, effectiveness,
- aggressiveness, honesty and, of course, fun. And Amiga is a wholly-owned
- subsidiary of Gateway 2000.
-
-
- Should I say more?
-
- You would like to hear some facts about revenue? No problem. Revenue up 37%
- from 1995. 1.9 million Gateway PCs shipped in 1996. Shipments up 43% from `95.
- Earnings up 47% from `95. International revenue up 69.5%. I believe, ladies
- and gentlemen, there's a bright future for Amiga, for our community and for
- Amiga International.
-
- As I mentioned already in London, the basis of my strategy is 3 elements:
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- Supporting the existing Amiga community. How? That's why I'm here. Through
- conventions, through press conferences, and the Internet (watch www.Amiga.de),
- meetings, of course, and useful initiatives coming from the Amiga community.
-
- Second, leveraging the existing Amiga technology through broad licensing. The
- basic of success in this project is to work together with partners to define a
- common path of development.
-
- The Amiga market cannot afford to split; we must go together. Together, in one
- direction. For us to keep the market alive it is necessary to assist many
- companies in developing products. Products through broad licensing. Our
- licensing policy will be very open, broad, and of course, simple. Licensing
- will be focused on standards, Amiga OS, chip sets, trademarks, boards, etc.
- Whatever you would like.
-
- The third basic element of the strategy is assisting in developing new products,
- based on open standards, through the home computer and video market.
- It is very important that we explore an open Amiga platform and use industry
- standard components. That would make our products cheaper to produce, faster
- to develop, and easier to upgrade.
-
- At this time, we are identifying candidates to manage the R&D department. Be
- sure, we will explore the most efficient method of determining R&D. Amiga's
- intention is to support the development community through concepts such as the
- open Amiga initiative. We will explore other concepts to bring developers on
- the platform. We will explore the development of an Amiga OS upgrade and we
- will address the features and functions that are necessary. You can be
- absolutely sure that Gateway 2000 will provide resources to reinvigorate the
- Amiga marketplace and keep Amiga a profitable subsidiary.
-
- Long live our Amiga and our strong community.
-
- Thank you very much.
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