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{subhead} Update on major activities, April 1999{def}{p}
Article by AMIGA
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Just a nice little summary of recent Amiga decisions and events from
the home office...
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   Executive Update{p}
· ·  UPDATE ON MAJOR ACTIVITIES{p}
April 1999
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Operations/Planning:{p}
1) 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.{p}
2) We have secured funding for a significant budget to drive our plans.{p}
3) Our executive headquarters have been moved to San Diego.{p}
4) We are opening up San Jose engineering facilities to support our
rapid engineering expansion.
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New Staff:{p}
1) In February we officially hired Dr. Allan Havemose as VP of S/W
engineering.{p}
2) In February we also hired Jim Von Holle as VP of OEM Sales and
marketing.{p}
3) Allan has hired Richard Lipes from Silicon Graphics as a director
of S/W engineering for graphics and A/V.{p}
4) 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).{p}
5) In the next few weeks we will begin advertising in major newspapers
to recruit engineering resources for our San Jose facility.{p}
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Major Development Programs:{p}
1) 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.{p}
2) AmigaSoft® 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.
3) Next generation hardware architecture - Being developed as a
foundation for all next generation Amiga products.{p}
4) AmigaSoft® development system - This is planned in 3Q99 along with
the beta release of the new AmigaSoft® Operating Environment.{p}
5) 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.
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Shows and Community Activities:{p}
1) 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.{p}
2) 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.{p}
3) We are working on supporting and getting finalized plans for a 1999
World of Amiga show in London.{p}
4) We are planning for the Cologne show in November.{p}
5) We are planning for the Las Vegas Comdex in November.{p}
6) Petro is developing reseller, distributor, and magazine support
programs to help the Amiga community.{p}
7) We are also working on some user group support programs.{p}
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