CompuServe Messages

Wayne, Let's say for example that it is Phillips, and your assumption about CD-I's marketing failure is correct. Aquiring rights or even partial rights (under minority participation) in a product that is doing so well in Europe (such as the CD-32) would mean a healthy return of cash over time as opposed to a competing product that would drain market share. CD-32 is NOT a competing product to CD-I despite CD-I's similarities. I would speculate that given the oppourtunity to compete on a level playing field against Atari, Sega, etc, the CD-32 would wipe the floor. Lack of confidence by developers for software development is the crippling factor (such is the case with 3-D-O) Let's not forget US anti-trust regs concerning majority ownership of US based technologies by foreign companies. I would think that a minority participation by Phillips would allow proper restructuring of debt and clean sweep of management by stockholders. Manipulation of Newtek is an interesting concept, but I think if anything, it's the other way around. Without the Toaster/Flyer market, there is little use in future development for the Amiga platform, so the tail will continue to wag the dog for the present. Frank