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May 19 21:47 UTC 1997 |
On March 27, 1997, Gateway 2000 announced that their bid for Amiga
Technologies had been accepted. Gateway 2000 president Rick Snyder stated
that the Amiga "will strengthen our intellectual property position and
invigorate a company that has been a pioneer in multimedia solutions and
operating systems technology."
Concerning the history of the Amiga, Gateway 2000 released the following
comments:
"Since the introduction of the Amiga 1000 in 1985, Amiga has represented
the embodiment of the efficient use of memory and hard drive capacity,
while pioneering industry developments in multimedia, 32-bit multitasking
and autoconfiguration. Amiga led the industry in combining computer
graphics, animation and film sequences with stereo sound known today as
multimedia."
Immediately after their bid was accepted, Gateway 2000 announced the
renaming of Amiga Technologies as "Amiga International, Inc." The renamed
company will continue to operate as a seperate business unit, now a wholly
owned subsidiary of Gateway 2000.
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