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I thought I'd repost a couple of articles relating to my previous post:

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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 12:41:41 GMT
From: more@power.aptdata.co.uk
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Subject: 1506 AMIGA TECHNOLOGIES TO BE SOLD TO VISCORP

AMIGA TECHNOLOGIES TO BE SOLD TO VISCORP
(11TH April 1996) The Amiga is on the move again. Financially troubled
Escom AG has signed a letter of understanding with  VIScorp which will
see its Amiga Technologies GmBH Division sold to the Chicago-based
company for around $40million. The deal, which includes all the
intellectual property of the former Commodore Business Machines, Amiga
inventories and sales channels still needs to be formally OKed by both
boards.

The move is part of rationalisation process instigated by new Escom CEO
Helmut Jost, who has been in the job for just over a week. An Escom
spokesperson said the company intends to focus on its core PC markets,
and that Amiga did not fit. VIScorp first became visibly interested in
Amiga last November when it licensed its television interface technology
for its set-top boxes

With VIScorp's overriding interest is in interactive television, Web
browsers and set-top boxes, so there is an obvious question over the
Amiga's continued development as a desk-top machine. Still, both Escom
and VISCorp say that both sales of the existing models  and that the
development of new PowerPC models continues unabated.  Certainly,
PowerPC's strong presence in the set-top arena would suggest that a
PowerPC version of the Amiga operating system will be a priority for the
company.

There is no immediate indication of what will happen to the 40-strong
Amiga Technologies team based in Bensheim, Germany.
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Petro Tyschtschenko Speech, April 13 1996

Keynote from Petro Tyschtschenko, April 13 1996 Press conference at World of
Amiga in London

Ladies and Gentlemen,

First of all, I'd like to thank you for being here at this first World of
Amiga show in the UK this year.

As you might most certainly have heard already, our company, Amiga
Technologies GmbH is about to be sold by ESCOM to VIScorp. The process,
engaged by the signature of a binding letter of understanding between ESCOM,
VIScorp and Amiga has been announced on Thursday this week.

I will use this opportunity to introduce you Mr. William Buck, president and
CEO of VIScorp. I'm quite sure that Bill will say a few words afterwards.

A lot of questions arise. Why is this happening ? Who is VIScorp ? What does
this mean for Amiga ?

In 1995, when ESCOM took over the intellectual property of the former
Commodore, ESCOM was in a financially good shape. The year 1994 had been
excellent and the corporate policy was set to expansion. A multimedia company
was formed. The decisions taken at this time were good and ESCOM saved the
Amiga computer from its bad destiny.

Amiga Technologies was founded and Amiga computers were brought back to a
demanding market. Strategic decisions were taken to ensure the venue of new
technology based models as soon as possible. We have achieved all this and we
are proud of that performance.

Of course, all these projects and plans are to be financed. it was clear from
the beginning that it would take some time for a break-even point to be
reached. The company created in may 1995 only could begin with sales in
mid-September. We have then sold 40 thousand A1200 , 13 thousand monitors and
2000 A4000T machines worldwide until now, which is a satisfying result.

As you might be aware of, ESCOM is currently facing a quite difficult
financial situation. A bad christmas season and inventory write offs were the
main reasons for this. This situation of course is also directly affecting
Amiga Technologies. The fact is that ESCOM currently does not have the
financial resources needed to support the still ongoing costs of our
operation, especially advertising and research & development.

To continue a successfull Amiga business, a solution to this situation has to
be found. I checked a lot of possibilities, I looked into a lot of
alternatives. Ladies and Gentlemen, I personnaly think that VIScorp is one of
the best solutions. It is a very interesting opportunity for our future.

Last year, in december, a license agreement was signed between Amiga
Technologies and VIScorp, for the making of the Amiga set-top box. This
product is network oriented and needs a system like the Amiga with its video
abilities and tight operating system. The relationship between Amiga
Technologies and VIScorp built up from this time on became closer and closer.


VIScorp is a research & development oriented company. These research efforts
are based on the Amiga technology for use in set top boxes. Former Commodore
engineers work for VIScorp, which will of course be an appreciable synergy
for the development of Amiga in general.

The set-top box market is huge and will be a fantastic engine for our
activities.

As I told our staff yesterday, this procedure is not affecting our daily
business and ongoing projects, as well as my position as the president of the
company. We want the migration to be made as smooth and transparent as
possible, for our company and also for our business partners and the Amiga
community.

I am confident that this is a good chance for us to be successful in the
future.

When this deal will be finalised, the Amiga technology will return to an
american company, which understands our technology and its manufacturing.

Thank you very much.

Info: Gilles Bourdin - AMIGA Technologies GmbH - Berliner Ring 89 - D-64625
BENSHEIM Tel +49 6252 709 195 - Fax +49 6252 709 520 email gbo@amiga.de -
HTTP://www.amiga.de

Regards,
Gilles Bourdin
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Robert Fentiman schrieb in comp.sys.amiga.applications ueber "VIScorp - the
REAL  story":

RF>offer to buy AT from ESCOM for $40.  They have stated in press releases

Yeah! That is cheap!!! OK, I buy it for $41 ;-)))))

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Robert Fentiman (rfentima@ub.d.umn.edu) wrote:
: OK, with all the presumptions and opinions being expressed here about the 
: VIScorp deal, here's the REAL STORY as taken from all the various press 
: releases from ESCOM, AT, and VIScorp.

: Due to the finalcial losses, the new CEO of ESCOM decided to centralize 
: their resources on the PC line, which would have meant bye bye to AT.  
: This is from a press release that was posted in the bitnet amiga group.

: Now VIScorp, who already has a licencing agreement with AT for the 
: chipset, doesn't want to see their supplier go down the tubes, so they 
: offer to buy AT from ESCOM for $40.  They have stated in press releases 
                                 ^^^
Wow! Sure wish I'd thought of buying AT for forty bucks... <G>

: now, and several responses to personal email, including to myself, that 
: AT will continue to exist and they will no interfere with AT's business.  
: All projects are still on (IE Walker, PowerAmiga, etc).  In addition, 
: VIScorp gets to build their set top boxes, for which they will use the 
: Amiga OS (thus should potentially run Amiga software).

: To sum it up, Amiga had NO future with AT anymore, since the financial 
: shake-up there.  VIScorp bought the tech, so Amiga has a future.  QED.

: Hope this helps clear things up.

TTFN
SteveB