| Friday, April 27, 2007 |
10:21 - What, again?
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2122241,00.asp
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Amiga's coming back? Again?
Virtually nothing was released as far as the new designs were concerned, other than the PCs will be based on the PowerPC architecture and hit two price points with two different machines: one selling for $500, and the other for $1,500.
The new hardware was announced after "months of designs and negotiations" between Amiga and its software partner, ACK Software Controls.
"I have been working on these designs with Amiga for almost 12 months and have been able to create two new designs that will fully support the needs and desires of today's Amiga user, while opening the doors for new users, said Adam Kowalczyk, president of ACK Software Controls, Inc., in a statement.
Resurrecting Amiga might have made sense back in the 90s when there was still an installed base and there were still companies making applications for it. But what's the plan now? Linux? What else will run on PPC that has any apps available for it? (And is licensable?)
It's either that or spring up into an Apple-sized software-and-hardware house out of the blue...
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Brian Tiemann
