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  Open Letter To The AMIGA Community - By Tom Schmidt (CEO Of AMIGA Inc)

SEPTEMBER 14TH 1999

Thanks for your notes and comments about our plans for AMIGA.  In the past
couple of weeks, we've received hundreds - if not thousands - of E-Mails and
messages from loyal AMIGAns worldwide, many of you expressing a concern
about AMIGA's future based on recent reports in the media and in numerous
chat rooms.  I am so impressed with the spirit and passion of this great
community and I wanted to make sure I told you that.  

The fact is...to borrow from Mark Twain...the reports of AMIGA's death have
been greatly exaggerated.  To that end, I wanted to provide a little more
detail about our plans for AMIGA...both as a product and as a company, and
hopefully clear up any confusion that exists.

First, I hope you'd agree that AMIGA was never about a box.  It was never
about an operating system either.  Sure those things were part of what made
the original AMIGA great, but at its heart, AMIGA was simply about a better
way.  AMIGA was ahead of its time.  AMIGA promised to change the world.  It
ran against conventional wisdom and was better than anything out there at
the time.  In fact, we could all argue that it's still better than anything
out there.

The ideals and spirit of that original AMIGA are alive and well today.  But
to limit AMIGA to just one box, one product, one OS, is to keep AMIGA from
ever seeing its full potential.  Think about it...the original AMIGA never
did really reach its full potential despite its technical advantages and its
cost and ease of use advantages.  Why?  Because it never became ubiquitous.
The company's early vision was probably too limited for the vast potential
that AMIGA offered.

The original AMIGA was all about multi-media, so why not have AMIGA running
on every type of device imaginable, on top of every other OS out there?
That's the beauty of AMIGA and where we are as an industry.  We're in the
midst of a revolution unlike anything the world has seen, and AMIGA has
never been better positioned to change that world and make a bigger impact.
Limiting AMIGA to just one box and one OS at this point would be like
offering the world a better horse and carriage at the dawn of the automotive
age.  AMIGA and its revolutionary spirit deserve better than that.  AMIGA is
going to produce software technology that will enable Internet services on
an emerging category of products commonly referred to as "Information
Appliances".  It is an exciting new mega trend in the industry and we are
excited about being at the forefront of this next great wave in computing
history.  In addition, we have decided to work with business partners who
will deliver our software technology on their systems, rather than enter the
hardware business directly.

So long live AMIGA, but if you think that AMIGA was just a box, you've
missed the point.  AMIGA is about a better way.  In the coming weeks and
months, we promise to keep you posted on progress against our plans for
AMIGA, and we thank you for your continued support.  Let's work together to
enable AMIGA to revolutionise the industry and change the world!

Long live AMIGA,

Thomas J. Schmidt

President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

© 1999 AMIGA Inc