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| Posted on 22-Mar-2002 11:21 GMT by Christian Kemp | 44 comments
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"anon" wrote:
"A Blomberg report of the microsoft action appears in the new york times. An ex Gateway employee alleges that In 1999 and 2000, Microsoft reduced discounts Gateway received for the Windows operating system when Gateway developed an Internet-connection device and a network computer powered by the rival Linux system. "Our decision to choose Linux over Windows was often cited by Microsoft executives when explaining why they considered Gateway to be a `bad partner,' "
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[ I'm not sure if this is in any relation with the Amiga plans Gateway had, and I'll guess we'll never know for sure. However, there might be some truth to these rumours. - CK ]
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| Posted by Kent Seaton on 22-Mar-2002 20:25 GMT | Personally, this article has nothing to do with the Amiga rather the AOL/Gateway WebPad. One of the major reasons Amiga was liquidated was due only to Weitzen ("The Bean Counter" - role present in all of Amiga's history somehow) trying to trim the fat and surrounding the company with patents ready to strike any other company who leveraged similar technologies. Weitzen did this as an executive with 2 previous companies earning quite a big buck and pulling said companies out of the red and into the black (similar tactics found in the Enron corp as well as other small companies looking to make big quick). Waitt came back into the picture when he saw Weitzen would not work out for the long run and yet they are still falling on their face left and right. I was there at the inception of the Amiga purchase and through to the end into the first parts of 2001 after the purchase of Amiga was settled. While I can't say I know all of what happened, I do know quite a bit of what went on inside.
The AOL/Gateway semi-merger has been cited on the disposition prior to the Kollar-Kotelly case in the court who found MS to practice Monopolistic tactics, also found in the dispostion was specific mention of the AOL/Gateway WebPad. The documents from what I've seen are public information and not one mentions the word Amiga in them anywhere contrary to the popular belief. The reason why Gateway leveraged a partnership with AOL was to try and achieve what Amiga could become (similar to the DE, but not quite) quicker and at less cost to them. Along with Weitzen triming the fat on Amiga, they also shut down the Over-The-Moon-Production studio who was known for producing the 31" Destination computer system.
This concludes the section of the X-Files on Amiga... The truth is out there... but not past the 3rd season when X-Files started to suck. |
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