Magazines Archives Amazing Computing ( EN ) Amazing Computing Vol 12 06 1997 Jun
I received a call from an Amiga supporter who had received clear information that the Amiga was about to be purchased by the "Chinese". The "Chinese" have come up many times in Amiga lore. I have been told that they were at the final bidding of Amiga two years ago when ESCOM won and 1 have been told that they were responsible for bank rolling as many as iour different investment groups who were chasing after the Amiga. While I knew it was not impossible, after all the Chinese are getting Hong Kong back, I could not rationalize why the Amiga would be that important to them. If it was a line of computers they were interested in, they could continue the PC clone business or produce Macintosh clones with the money they were supposedly offering for the Amiga and gain a great deal more success. In order to be successful with the Amiga, two things are required: an ongoing commitment to the platform and its development as well as sales and marketing (or should that read marketing and sales) of the system. While I am not saying the Chinese would have not been willing to do this, the question is, "Why would they?" Gateway 2000's Goal? While waiting for a clear response from Gateway 2000, many Amiga fans have offered their own expectations of Gateway 2000's goals. These range from the euphoric (Gateway 2000 will use the Amiga technology in all their machines as well as develop 300 MHz systems for next fall) to the paranoid (Gateway 2000 bought the Amiga in a side deal with Bill Gates to bury the Amiga technology
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