COZE :-O ?!?!?!

[Petr.Valek@vsp.cz]

no tak tohle sem opravdu necekal...

prisla mi spousta mailu, ktery tvrdi, ze Amiga Technologies koupila
spolecnost Gateway 2000... Jestli to neni kachna, tak opravdu netusim
co bude dal...

                                                        DEMCA

> Thursday March 27 10:31 AM EDT 
> 
> Gateway 2000 acquires assets of AMIGA Technologies, GmbH
> 
> NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 1997-- Gateway 2000
> Inc today announced that
> the company has made an offer to acquire the assets of AMIGA
> Technologies including all patents, trademarks and
> trade names. The company is a subsidiary of ESCOM AG, a German-based
> computer company that went into
> bankruptcy in July of 1996. AMIGA led the industry in combining computer
> graphics, animation, and film sequences
> with stereo sound known today as multimedia. 
> 
> The offer has been accepted by the court-appointed Administrator in
> Bankruptcy in Germany acting on behalf of
> AMIGA. The agreement is subject to regulatory approval. 
> 
> "This acquisition is good news for Gateway and customers of AMIGA," said
> Rick Snyder, president and COO of
> Gateway 2000. "It will strengthen our intellectual property position and
> invigorate a company that has been a pioneer
> in multimedia solutions and operating systems technology." 
> 
> AMIGA Technologies will be renamed AMIGA International. The company will
> operate as a separate business unit
> and will retain its current president, Petro Tyschtschenko, who will
> work to develop new products for the AMIGA
> market. 
> 
> "Gateway 2000 will give us new life and energy for the future," said
> Tyschtschenko. 
> 
> About Gateway 2000 
> 
> Gateway 2000, Inc., a Fortune 500 company founded in 1985, is a global
> leader in the direct marketing of PCs. The
> company, headquartered in North Sioux City, South Dakota, has
> manufacturing facilities in the United States, Ireland
> and Malaysia, and employs over 9,700 people worldwide. Gateway 2000
> products and services consistently win top
> awards from leading industry publications. In 1996, the company shipped
> 1.9 million systems and reported revenues
> of $5 billion and net income of $250 million. 
> 
> About AMIGA 
> 
> Since the introduction of the AMIGA A1000 in 1985, AMIGA has represented
> the embodiment of the efficient use
> of memory and hard drive capacity, while pioneering industry
> developments in multimedia, 32-bit multitasking and
> autoconfiguration. 
> 
> For additional information, please e-mail Steve Johns, Director of
> Corporate Development for Gateway 2000 at
> johnsste@gw2k.com. 
> 
>            CONTACT: Angela Peacock, Corporate Communications,
>                     (605) 232-1686