#Haynie Joins Scala
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This is great news for SCALA, John – but not for the Amiga. I guess I
have kept thinking that as long as Dave was there, we had hopes of the
Amiga continuing. Congratulations, though. Dave should be a wonderful
addition for your company.
—Betty
Yeah, but what if he gets to build what he really would like to! Congrats Dave
– Harry M –
Dave decided to leave before he decided which offer to accept. At least
while he is at Scala he is still living in the area and is working with
the largest single group of former Commodore engineers (I'm pretty sure
Scala has exceeded 3DO on that count). If Amiga design technology is
needed again, there is still some left at Commodore (George Robbins of
A500 and A1200 fame and Greg Berlin of A4000 fame, for example). And I'm
sure Scala would have some interest in renting or loaning out some of its
resources as needed.
—
Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing
That's good to know, Dale. Thanks. I knew that Dave would have no
problems finding a good job, and I knew he would have to be thinking of
such – but I'm still sorry to see him (along with quite a few others) have
to leave. The fewer knowledgeable people are left, the more difficult it
would be for a purchaser to continue with the Amiga.
—Betty
Commodore is moving out of the West Chester building and up to it's CSG
building about 10-15 miles north. I think Dave just didn't want to move
his office. 🙂
—
Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing
That is understandable, too. I suspect that it's getting rather lonely
around Commodore these days, too, isn't it?
—Betty
Betty,
Thank you. We expected reactions to be mixed on Haynie joining us. Indeed, we
are pleased that he decided to join Scala. We can greatly benefit from his
talents. As to the fate of the Amiga, we would not be adverse to assisting the
new owners of the technology. ;-}
Regards,
John Chang
Technical Support Manager
Scala, Inc.
John,
I can see many benefits to having the Amiga engineers and programmers
working for people like you. I can understand why Dave might have felt
that he had to find another position – though I cannot imagine that being
a problems for him – and I'm delighted to see him working with the other
Amiga engineers and with a company that appreciates the Amiga. But until
the fate of the Amiga is finally settled, it will continue to sadden me
each time someone I've known at Commodore decides to move on.
We all appreciate your attitude concerning the new owners of the
technology. Hey—–if YOU became the new owners, we'd be in great shape,
wouldn't we?
—Betty
>if [Scala] became the new owners [of the Amiga], we'd be in
>great shape, wouldn't we?
It's a long distance from selling multimedia software to worldwide
manufacturing and sales of computers. I very much doubt Scala has the
resources. I still believe it will take a capital and marketing investment of
about 300 million dollars to rejuvenate the Amiga (if it's possible).
Moreover, Scala seems to have some much more lucrative things cooking.
I know that, Paul. It's just that they seem to have the people who know
how. It's been obvious all along that they were not planning to
manufacture Amigas..
—Betty
Betty,
You said and I quote, "We all appreciate your attitude concerning the new
owners of the
technology. Hey—–if YOU became the new owners, we'd be in great shape,
wouldn't we?" Indeed, it would be great! Unfortunately, we will not be the
new owners. Again, we look forward to working with whomever owns the Amiga
technology.
Regards,
John Chang
Technical Support Manager
Scala, Inc.
Congrats to you and Dave! I had been wondering where he would end up.
-larry
Larry,
Thanks.
BTW, I've relayed some of the messages to Dave. He says hello.
Regards,
John Chang
Technical Support Manager
Scala, Inc.
Thanks for forwarding.. It's been a long time since I chatted with him.
-larry
Betty,
Eric Cotton is still there and he says …
——–
… Just to add to Peter's comments, yes there are still a number of us
remaining – we're just not as vocal or as visible as Dave was. True, Dave
was (and is) one of the best and brightest but there are still some
talented people around with whom I'm proud to work.
While I think the heart and soul of the Amiga has always been the
engineers, there are still too many of us left to declare the patient dead
🙂
Eric
—
Eric M. Cotton (215) 431-9100
Commodore-Amiga eric@commodore.com
1200 Wilson Drive "Destination anywhere…
West Chester, PA 19380 East or west, I don't care."
———
In hardware, Robbins and Berlin are still there. The people that are left
will be moving to a new building shortly. The time and expense of moving
(to the guard shack?) is partially encouraging since it'd be easier to
just lock the doors.
-sja
Thanks for that word, Steve. Any idea how many ARE left in West Chester?
—Betty
Depends on how you count. Less than 40 by any count, maybe less the 30,
with less than half of the total being engineers (and CATS, all two of
them, are now counted as part of engineering).
—
Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing
Betty,
Getting Dave into SCALA is the best thing right now for the Amiga
community. I would not like to see Dave working at 3DO (though I have one
and love it) or working at SGI, etc. If he is at SCALA at least he will
be with other Amiga engeineers and the possibility still remains that
SCALA could be contracted to do some work for whoever takes over the
machine.
It really is the best thing.
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Otto Pilot Engaged..
Mark,
I can see that. John has made it very obvious that SCALA will do all it
can to help keep the Amiga alive. I can easily agree that it is good for
all of us that, if Dave were leaving Commodore at all, SCALA would be the
best place (from our viewpoint, anyway) for him to go.
—Betty
Well, you have a bit of a vested interest, don't you now? <g> I'm
enormously happy for Dave, but I'm even more sad for the Amiga. One of
the best and brightest has passed from its lands. I'm sure he'll do great
things for Scala, but I'm sad nonetheless.
Still, at least I know that Scala won't turn its back on the Amiga
completely. But nonetheless, business realities are business realities.
Paul
Scala will never turn it's back on the Amiga, that is very true. I also
can say with a certain amount of certainly that if the Amiga somehow
resurfaces in another company's hand, that Scala will be very pleased.
We do have new products for the Amiga computer.
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Otto Pilot Engaged..
Betty,
My thoughts exactly. I have been guardedly optimistic of future
amigas, but with the departure of Hazie, it has turned pessimistic. Good
news for Dave though and I wish him the best of luck with Scala, he sure
has done a tremendous job and all Amiga owners owe him a debt of
gratitude.
…Steve
Cruising on Autopilot
from beautiful Coastal South Carolina