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Posted on 22-Aug-2000 19:30 GMT by Christian Kemp28 comments
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In a press-release I just received from Bill McEwen, Amiga announces an agreement with Red Hat, Inc. to provide high performance multimedia for the Linux platform. They aim to provide the foundation for exciting games, and consumer content for the desktop, STB, Game machines, and handheld markets. Read more below.
Amiga and Red Hat working together to provide the foundation for exciting games, and consumer content for the desktop, STB, Game machines, and handheld markets.

Exciting games, blazing fast Java, new consumer environments, all with the new Amiga SDK available for $99.00 from Redhat.com Marketplace

Contact:Melissa LondonBill McEwen
Red HatAmiga Incorporated
919.547.0012425.396.5660
bill@amiga.com

Snoqualmie, WA, August 21, 2000 - Amiga (www.amiga.com) has announced today an agreement with Red Hat, Inc. (NASDAQ: RHAT), the leader in open source internet infrastructure, to provide high performance multimedia for the Linux platform. The agreement gives the Redhat.com community access to Amiga's Software Developer Kit. Bill McEwen, Amiga President/CEO, said that the company selected Red Hat because of its leadership and abilities to assist in the development of the new Amiga.

“The Amiga community has already created significant content including games and exciting Java applications with the Amiga SDK. With the response that we received from the members of the Red Hat team, they clearly understand what the Amiga has meant to the development of personal computer as we know it today. And more important, they are eager to provide support and add significantly to the solid foundation we have been developing. McEwen Said”

"We're excited to be working with Amiga," said Paul McNamara, VP of Products and Platforms. "With a multimedia consumer layer available with Red Hat as the foundation, new markets and new users will be able to take advantage of Linux and the software available on Redhat.com."

“The strategic relationship and partnership with the Tao Group in Reading, England (www.tao-group.com) that we announced at the beginning of this year, added to this support from Red Hat, gives the New Amiga a very exciting and real story.” McEwen Said.

The new Amiga SDK is the embodiment of the Amiga multimedia computing experience. With tools, support, and exciting new applications already in development for the new Amiga, developers can quickly begin creating games, multimedia applications, and can use Java for even more opportunities. With the purchase of the SDK a developer will receive free updates for the next 12 months, and the scout level of Amiga's support program.

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Amiga announces an agreement with Red Hat, Inc. : Comment 28 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by Rick Riebs on 16-Sep-2000 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 10 (v):
"1. It will just increase number of Linux users." How do you make that leap of logic? You don't need Linux to run the AmigaOE. You don't need ANY other OS to run the AmigaOE. It runs just fine on its own and faster that way besides. And since the goal is for the AmigaOE to run hosted on ANY OS, why would that lead anyone to Linux? The only reason the SDK is out on Linux first is because that's the OS on which development started. Later SDK releases will include Windoze (since virtually everyone uses it), which will completely obviate the necessity of running Linux for developing for the AmigaOE, much less needing it to run the consumer release.
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