06.Apr.1999
AMIGA
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Open Letter von Jim Collas/Update der wichtigsten Aktivitäten (Executive Update)
Erster "Open Letter To The Community" von Jim Collas
Update der wichtigsten Aktivitäten
OPEN LETTER TO THE COMMUNITY
April 1999
This is my first open letter to the Amiga community. In many ways, I
am honored by the opportunity to address such a great community of
people and represent such a unique brand as Amiga. There are many
remarkable Amigans, both former and current, that are responsible for
Amiga's impressive products and its spirit of revolutionary
innovation. These are the people that created the Amiga phenomena and
the people that persevered through these tough times. Amiga
communities from across the world have kept the Amiga spirit alive. I
can't claim any responsibility for the early success of Amiga or the
current endurance. I can only praise the people responsible and hope
that I can help bring a new era of greatness to Amiga and fulfill the
hopes of the Amiga community.
The St. Louis show a few weeks ago was the first Amiga show I
attended as president of Amiga. From the feedback I have received, the
show was a great success. The show was well organized with good
attendance and was also a lot of fun. The number of people who
attended was approximately 1,200 but more important is the fact that
there was a 14% increase in attendance from last year. I made my debut
as president of Amiga and I want to thank everyone who welcomed me to
the community. I especially want to thank those who welcomed me until
3:00 a.m. in the morning and taught me that Amigans really know how to
have fun. You know who you are.
In St. Louis, I had the opportunity to spend a significant amount of
time with people in the Amiga community. Several times during the
show, I publicly made the statement that the Amiga community is the
greatest community in the computer industry. I am now more convinced
of this than ever. The Amiga community is the most innovative,
dedicated, heroic and enduring community in the computer industry. I
am amazed at what the community has done with little or no support
from a corporate entity. You have endured through extremely tough
times and kept the spirit of Amiga alive and strong.
Unfortunately, some of the difficulties the Amiga community has
endured in the last two years stem from some misguided decisions made
by Amiga Inc. It is now obvious to me that some very big mistakes were
made in defining a path for Amiga in the last two years. The low
priority and support given to Amiga by our parent company, Gateway,
aggravated this situation. Gateway was preoccupied during this period
with significant internal restructuring to strengthen its core
business for the future. The intentions relative to Amiga were good
but the situation was mismanaged. Some people have told me that I
should stop talking about past mistakes and only look toward the
future. I agree with this but I also want people to clearly understand
that I realize how much our past mistakes have hurt the community and
delayed progress. This is important because I do not want to repeat
these mistakes so be patient as I discuss this one last time.
In my opinion, the biggest mistake was the decision not to evolve the
current Amiga architecture as we developed the next generation. This
hurt the current Amiga community the most. The right decision would
have been to overlap product generations just as Apple did during the
Apple II to Macintosh transition. Apple evolved the Apple II
architecture by introducing the Apple III even after Apple came out
with the Mac. The Apple III wasn't a big seller but it helped Apple II
hardware and software companies and allowed them time to transition
their products to the new Mac platform.
In hindsight and from the vantage of the Amiga community, not
evolving the current architecture may look like an incredibly stupid
mistake but it was not as obvious to people coming from the PC
industry. I am not trying to justify this flawed decision but to give
some insight as to how such a decision could be made. Living in a
computer industry dominated by Wintel PCs skewed the thinking of
people making this decision. In a computer industry dominated by
Wintel PCs, computers are obsolete within six to twelve months. The
inefficiency of the architecture requires a continuous upgrading of
CPUs, graphics, and storage devices in order to deliver acceptable
improvements in features and functions. This is what happens in an
industry where revolutionary innovation has been replaced by
constrained evolution. From this PC centric view, no one could imagine
that a computer architecture that stopped evolving in the early '90s
could have any life left in it. Obviously this view was very limited
and flawed as the Amiga community has proven over-and-over again how
much life was left in the current Amiga architecture.
It is obvious that the community would currently be stronger if we
had made the decision two years ago to evolve the current Amiga
architecture. Two years have now passed and we are faced with a tough
question. Is there still life left in the current architecture? I
believe that there is. The release of O/S 3.5 in late July or early
August will allow the current architecture to live on for a few more
years. In addition to O/S 3.5 we are looking at supporting companies
that are looking at hardware enhancements to the current architecture.
We will also support emulation of the current Amiga architecture on
the next generation Amiga so that people can use most of their old
software. I am spending time with key people in the Amiga community to
finalize transition plans between the current Amiga and the next
generation.
Now, it's time to talk about the future! I know this has been an
extremely difficult and painful period for the Amiga community but I
would like to put that chapter of the Amiga story behind us and look
toward the future. We have a difficult road ahead of us with many
important decisions to be made on our future plans. I will not make
the mistake again of not understanding the Amiga community, its
requirements, and its dynamics. St Louis was a good start for me but I
require even more input to better understand the situation. As all of
you know, the Amiga community is very strong in Europe with many Amiga
companies and extremely impressive individuals. I am planning a trip
to Germany and the U.K. in late April to meet with more leaders in the
Amiga community. The objective of my trip is partially to communicate
our current thinking but mostly to listen and understand. I want to
understand the opinions of prominent people in the Amiga community. I
will use this input to finalize our future architecture and plans. I
especially need help in planning out how we will transition from the
old architecture to the new architecture in such a way that keeps the
Amiga community healthy.
One thing clearly requested by the Amiga community was BETTER
COMMUNICATION on the activities at Amiga. I promise to improve our
communication starting with this letter and continuing with frequent
postings on our Web site as well as increased interaction with the
community. Our participation in the St. Louis show and my upcoming
trip to Germany and the U.K. are good examples of our efforts in this
area. The letter you are currently reading is posted on our Web site
in the new "Executive Update" section that I will personally be
updating on a monthly basis. In this section you will also find an
update on major activities listed after the monthly letter to the
community. I think this is a good start and we will continue improving
our communication as we go forward. If you have any input on my
executive update web page or on how to improve our communication
please send your suggestions via email to executive@amiga.com. You can
also send email to me directly at jim.collas@amiga.com but I get
significant amounts of email so it may take me a few days to respond.
The executive@amiga.com email address goes to my assistant who in turn
directs the email to the Amiga executive that can most effectively
reply.
I know that I have yet to prove my dedication or win your confidence
but I hope to do so over the coming months. As many of you already
know, I stepped out of a senior executive position with Gateway that
was a very prominent position in the PC industry to lead Amiga. I did
this because I believe strongly in what Amiga stands for. I believe in
the Amiga spirit of revolutionary innovation. I believe that the PC
revolution is over because innovative revolution has been replaced by
constrained evolution. I believe that there is a new computer
revolution on the horizon, one that will fulfill the promise of
bringing the power of computing to the masses. Most importantly, I
believe that Amiga will play a significant role in this new computer
revolution. But Amiga can't do this without the full support of the
Amiga community. The Amiga community is one of the greatest and most
innovative communities in the computer industry. It is a revolutionary
army waiting to strike and reclaim its prominent position in the
computer industry. I truly believe this from the depths of my heart
and I promise to use all of my experience, resources, industry
contacts, and energy to give Amiga a strong and aggressive push. I
hope I will not let you down.
Let's keep the momentum going as we come back for the future.
Sincerely,
Jim Collas
President, Amiga
UPDATE ON MAJOR ACTIVITIES
April 1999
Operations/Planning:
- We have combined Amiga, Inc and Amiga Intl under a single
corporate entity. The name of the new company is simply Amiga. Amiga
Intl is a subsidiary of Amiga and will remain in Germany under Petro's
leadership. As part of this we have combined our Web sites into a
single Web site.
- We have secured funding for a significant budget to drive our
plans.
- Our executive headquarters have been moved to San Diego.
- We are opening up San Jose engineering facilities to support our
rapid engineering expansion.
New Staff:
- In February we officially hired Dr. Allan Havemose as VP of S/W
engineering.
- In February we also hired Jim Von Holle as VP of OEM Sales and
marketing.
- Allan has hired Richard Lipes from Silicon Graphics as a director
of S/W engineering for graphics and A/V.
- Within 2 weeks I will announce a new Chief Technology Officer
(CTO) and VP of advanced technology (you will be impressed) as well as
a new VP of finance and operations (you will be impressed again).
- In the next few weeks we will begin advertising in major
newspapers to recruit engineering resources for our San Jose facility.
Major Development Programs:
- O/S 3.5 - This product is being developed by Haage & Partner under
contract from Amiga. The target release date is late July or early
August. We will also be talking to Amiga hardware development
companies about possibilities for hardware products targeted at the
O/S 3.5 release.
- AmigaSoftTM Operating Environment (OE) - We are developing our
next generation operating environment including operating system, user
interface, and some revolutionary software structures to be disclosed
at a later date. Target beta version is 3Q99 with final in late 4Q99.
- Next generation hardware architecture - Being developed as a
foundation for all next generation Amiga products.
- AmigaSoftTM development system - This is planned in 3Q99 along
with the beta release of the new AmigaSoftTM Operating Environment.
- Initial next generation computer - We are developing the next
generation computer that will be used to launch the next generation
systems architecture and operating environment. Target release date is
late 4Q99.
Shows and Community Activities:
- Amiga had a strong presence at the St. Louis show. We also spent a
significant amount of time talking to leaders in the Amiga community.
- I am planning a trip to Germany and the U.K. in late April in
order to discuss future Amiga plans with leaders of the Amiga
community in Europe. Petro is coordinating this.
- We are working on supporting and getting finalized plans for a
1999 World of Amiga show in London.
- We are planning for the Cologne show in November.
- We are planning for the Las Vegas Comdex in November.
- Petro is developing reseller, distributor, and magazine support
programs to help the Amiga community.
- We are also working on some user group support programs.
Nachtrag 07.04.1999:
Martin Baute hat beide Text übersetzt.
Den offenen Brief von
Jim Collas und
auch das Update.
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06.Apr.1999
Amiga Aktuell
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Amiga Aktuell 04/99 online
Ausgabe 04/99 der Amiga Aktuell ist online.
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06.Apr.1999
AmigaAMP
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Neues PlugIn Development Kit V.1.2 verfügbar
Download: AmigaAMP-PDK12.lha
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06.Apr.1999
AWD [New Links]
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Neue Bilder von der Amiga99 Show in St. Louis
Neue Bilder von der Amiga99 Show in St. Louis.
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06.Apr.1999
Aminet [New Uploads]
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Aminet Uploads vom 06.04.1999
EvilsDoom_demo.lha biz/demo 2.3M+EvilsDoom Demo RolePlayGame
Sword_demo.lha biz/demo 440K+Sword Demo Jump&Run Game
Wildfire7_3D.lha biz/demo 742K+Wildfire\7 DEMO (7.14) - 3D Operators
Wildfire7_3DF.lha biz/demo 453K+Wildfire\7 DEMO (7.14) - 3D Text Operato
Wildfire7_Demo.lha biz/demo 1.7M+Wildfire\7 DEMO (7.14) MAIN FILES (no)PP
Wildfire7_PPC.lha biz/demo 384K+Wildfire\7 DEMO (7.14) - PPC Files
GetAllHTML.lha comm/tcp 15K+Auto-download/check entire web sites! (v
CompressHTML.lha comm/www 69K+HTML (De)Compressor/Preprozessor (German
RandAnim.lha comm/www 12K+Start any browser with random xfer anim
xhatchfiles1_3.lha comm/xeno 33K+Hatches any file in a FileEchoarea
jrm-guil.lha demo/sound 463K+DA JoRMaS: Guillotine (a Mekka & Symposi
jrm-ulst.lha demo/sound 923K+DA JoRMaS: Ulsteri (3rd at The Gathering
scm.lha dev/lang 660K+Scheme interpreter for R5RS
PManager.lha dev/misc 45K+Visual C project manager v2.4
Amimag12a.lha docs/hyper 683K+AmigaGuide version of Amimag
agsaku28.lha docs/mags 1.7M+AmigaGuide-Saku #28. Finnish diskmag.
saku28d1.lha docs/mags 456K+Saku #28 (2/99). Finnish diskmag. 1/2
saku28d2.lha docs/mags 494K+Saku #28 (2/99). Finnish diskmag. 2/2
LatexREKO.lha game/data 544K+Latex girls cardset for Klondike AGA
startrekprg.lha game/think 1.0M+Updated Star Trek Game! Hires graphics!
Upgrade40.lha gfx/misc 2K+Run Photogenics 1.2aSE with OS release 3
AudioMixer.lha hard/hack 4K+Active Stereo Mixer
uae-app_013.lha misc/emu 25K+UAE-ADF Mount+Unmount Workbench-Interfac
wlz80core.lha misc/emu 13K+Wzonka-Lad's FAST GB-Z80 source code
TCalcStats2.lha misc/math 337K+Statistical Analysis using TurboCalc 5
hccb09tw.lha mods/hardc 187K+The Terror Within - Brutal T 09
hccb10js.lha mods/hardc 82K+Justification - Tronix 10
mp3ted.lha mus/edit 6K+MP3 TAG Editor with GUI
EP_BennDaglish.lha mus/play 5K+EaglePlayer Benn Daglish external replay
EP_Polski.lha mus/play 24K+Catalog files for Eagleplayer V2.01
MindSID.lha mus/play 227K+A nice SID-player with GUI
ProlitePlus.lha pix/icon 748K+Prolite Icons, YAM2 & DOpus images, etc!
StuBench.lha pix/wb 56K+My 8 colour WorkBench 3.1 screen
Skriptmanagr13.lha text/edit 197K+Create Script, AmigaGuide ->simple to do
TransFont_2.2.lha text/font 54K+Bitmap font code page converter
Guided.lha text/hyper 46K+Amigaguide editor
HSCCaps.lha text/hyper 9K+Generates caps in HTML (src inc.)
GB-Folding.lha text/misc 11K+Change "return" in GuoBiao chinese text
GBDetect.lha text/misc 11K+Fix corrupted GuoBiao chinese texts
HanZiPlus.lha text/misc 57K+HanZiPLUS utilities
Map-GuoBiao.lha text/misc 15K+Ascii -> GuoBiao chinese texts
Epson_400.lha text/print 14K+Epson Stylus 400/440 Driver for WB V1.8
Epson_600.lha text/print 14K+Epson Stylus 600 Driver for WB V1.10
NilNull.lha util/cli 11K+New NULL device and RunBack replacement
a2h.lha util/conv 6K+Converts ASCII text to html (V1.00)
HSMathLibs_881.lha util/libs 73K+Very fast replacement for all math libra
A1200PPC.lha util/moni 1K+SysSpeed Module - A1200 BlizzardPPC
VClock_1.5.lha util/time 329K+Real Voice Speaking Clock v1.5 (ps)
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06.Apr.1999
Schatztruhe
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Aminet CD 30 ab 12.04.99 verfügbar
Die Aminet CD 30 - April 1999 - beinhaltet nahezu ein Gigabyte (ungepackt) an Software
in Tausenden von Archiven. Seit der Aminet 29 CD sind über 500 MB an Neuheiten
hinzugekommen. Alle Programme sind Deutsch beschrieben; viele verfügen über
eine deutsche Dokumentation. Als besonderes Highlight enthält die Aminet 30 eine
Vollversion des 3D-Action-Shooters Gloom 3.
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06.Apr.1999
clickBOOM
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Napalm Update 1.3
Alle registrierten User können dieses Update auf der
Portalseite downloaden.
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06.Apr.1999
Haage & Partner
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Haage & Partner Umfrage 99
Die Website von H&P soll noch besser werden, diese Umfrage soll zeigen, was Sie von der Homepage
halten und wie sie verbessert werden kann.
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06.Apr.1999
Haage & Partner
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Überarbeiteter Support-Bereich
Die jeweiligen Supportbereiche wurden aktualisiert und überarbeitet. Zu
fast allen Bereichen gibt es jetzt auch eine spezielle FAQ-Seite mit Antworten
auf die häufigsten Fragen.
Supportbereich.
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06.Apr.1999
AMIGA
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Bilder vom MekkaSymposium 1999
Am 2. April 1999 fand in Fallingbostel der Demo-Scene Event
MekkaSymposium 1999
statt. AMIGA International, Inc., vertreten durch Petro Tyschtschenko,
nahm an der Veranstaltung teil.
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06.Apr.1999
Schatztruhe
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Photogenics 4 bald lieferbar
Unter dem obigen Link können Sie sich schonmal die ganzen neuen Features
des neuen Photogenics 4 anschauen. Der Preis bei Schatztruhe wird bei DM 179,-
liegen, ein Upgrade von älteren Versionen wird DM 119,- kosten.
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06.Apr.1999
Martin Wolf per eMail
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You Dont Know Jack ... (bei Eternity zu haben)
Als QuizKandidat werden Sie von der Hektik hinter der Bühne
in den Wahnsinn einer Jack-Show katapultiert. You Dont Know Jack,
das Quiz mit dem gnadenlosen Showmaster Jack. Beantworten Sie
seine Fragen richtig, gibt's einen Haufen Kohle. Liegen Sie falsch,
kann es Sie das letzte Hemd kosten. You Dont Know Jack, die
einzige Quiz Show, in der Hochkultur und Popkultur permanent
aufeinaderprallen.
- 40 Stunden knackige Sprüche ohne Wiederholung!
- bis zu 3 Spieler spielen an einer Tastatur
- Hammerartige Musik und Soundeffekte
lohnt sich wirklich! (Anmerkung des Verkäufers B) )
Systemvorraussetzung:
Amiga (über Mac-Emu)/Mac/PC (Hybrid-CD)
System 7.1
68040/25 Mhz
Grafikkarte
16 MB Ram
Preis: 79,- DM
Ich kenne das Spiel, es macht wirklich Spaß, besonders mit
mehreren Spielern, und kann es daher bedenkenlos empfehlen :-).
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06.Apr.1999
Thomas Raukamp per eMail
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AmigaOS wieder online und komplett umgearbeitet
Die Website des Printmagazins AmigaOS ist komplett neu gestaltet worden. Neben einer
Artikelübersicht gibt es verschiedene Service-Übersichten, z.B. PPC Programme.
Auch eine Download-Area zu verschiedenen Workshops wurde eingerichtet. Die Website ist
jetzt sehr viel übersichtlicher und bietet viele nützliche Informationen.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch, eine gelungene Überarbeitung.
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05.Apr.1999
Dry Ice
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Der neue Browser Dry Ice macht Fortschritte
Lexer version 0.22 (05.04.99)
ADDED: The attribute HTTP-EQUIV
ADDED: The attribute CONTENT
ADDED: The attribute BORDER
ADDED: The attribute COLSPAN
ADDED: The attribute SIZE
ADDED: The element TR
FIXED: Tags that are split over several lines
(caused the duplication bug)
FIXED: The attribute TYPE
CHANGED: Internal changes, v0.22 is
smaller than the previous version
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