"Official" Confirmation
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From an Australian paper…
"SAMSUNG TALKS LIFT COMMODORE SPIRITS"
By Geoff Hunt
LONG-SUFFERING Commodore and Amiga computer users have been given a
ray of hope with confirmation that one of the world's biggest
electronics companiesis negotiating to take over manufacturing from
the failed US group.
Paul Betts, Samsung Australia's information systems division
marketingmanager, said Samsung headquarters in South Korea was
involved with talks with Commodore International in the US, which
made both machines.
He said he was sure there were other interested parties but he had no
official confirmation whether rumours that a deal had been completed
were true.
Mr Betts said Samsung was well placed to resurrect the fortunes of
the brand,which had an intensely loyal following, if a deal was
struck.
Commodore International issued a two-sentence statement at the
beginning ofthe month saying the company was going into orderly
liquidation.
Inquiries to Commodore International and Commodore Asia Pacific, the
Australian marketing group in Sydney, have since been met with no
cooment.
….the rest of it was an interview with a loacl dealer.
Brings a tear to my eye! (Not that Commodore didn't do that several times
before… but this is a good tear! <g>)
Chris – Fast and Low on my '020!
Is it significant that my spell-checker doesn't know "Intel"?
I started this reply before I noticed the quotes around "official".
Sounds like the Australia group isn't much better tied in than we on Compuserve
are.
>> He said he was sure there were other interested parties but he had no
>> official confirmation whether rumours that a deal had been completed were
>> true.
Looks like C= isn't telling him either.
I presume you're aware that Jim Drew of Utilities Unlimited announced an
intention of taking over the Amiga about a month ago.
He announced the desire to form a group of developers/investors to take over
Amiga. While Jim has done some great work with the Emplant, I doubt he's made
enough money off of it, to carry on such an ambitious project alone.