Amiga's president unexpectedly resigns

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Amiga's president unexpectedly resigns

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday September 1, 1999 @06:56AM from the yet-more-amiga-press dept.

TuxDaddy writes "Jim Collas has resigned as president of Amiga-however no details are available yet. " Well, let the speculation machine run rampant-is Amiga serious? Is there anything happening with them?Update: 09/01 07:42 by H :Well, they've announced their new president as Tim Schmidt. Collas has left to "pursue personal interests".

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Full story here. by mattdm · 1999-09-01 02:07 · Score: 3

ZDNet has a longer article. Doesn't really say much more though.

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Well... by belbo · 1999-09-01 02:06 · Score: 3

http://www.userfr iendly.org/cartoons/archives/99aug/19990829.html

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My Lame 2 cents by BadlandZ · 1999-09-01 03:21 · Score: 3

He left because they have nothing exciting going on, and everyone was looking for something new and amazing from them. He's bailing out before he gets pined as the guy in charge when they fall flat on thier face. :-)
Gotta admit, there is no basis for this guess, but what basis do you have for Amiga using a Transmeta Super CPU, and becoming the ultimate graphic workstation of the year 2000? People seem to believe that with no evidence, why not just accept they are doing nothing exciting at all?
Now I get it! by G-Man · 1999-09-01 02:33 · Score: 3

All this time I thought they wanted to produce an alternative to Apple products for multimedia content creation. Maybe they just want to be an alternative to Apple in the "corporate soap opera" arena. With things pretty stable in Cupertino, they must see an opening. Of course, they're gonna need to lose a whole lot more money first.

Maybe they should hire Gil Amelio. He can hire on an original Amiga founder, get dumped, and the other fella can take over as iCEO...
This is becoming a freaking soap opera... by MenTaLguY · 1999-09-01 02:35 · Score: 5

Last time, Amiga was released from the hospital after a miraculous recovery from total paralysis and amnesia to be reuinted with Jim, her husband. The couple decided to adopt the little orphan Linux. Now, on their first night together after the car accident that separated them, she finds Jim cold and distant...
[Amiga] What's the matter, Jim? Don't you love me? [Jim] No... Amiga... I'm sorry, but you're just not the same woman I fell in love with ... not since the accident... [Amiga] It's that hussy Apple, isn't it?! Her and those flashy G4s... [Jim] I ... I ... [Amiga] ADMIT IT!@#$ [Jim] I can't lie to you ... your vaporware just can't compare to her firmware ... yes, yes, I'm having an affair with Apple! [Amiga] You bastard! GET OUT#(@$&*(@# GET OUT OF MY HOUSE(#@*($#@ * Jim slams the door * Amiga sobs
Tune in tomorrow for another episode of As The Workbench Turns...

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The Real Story by jd · 1999-09-01 02:38 · Score: 3

Jim Collias is to replace David Duchovny in the X-Files. The show will be re-launched as the A-Files, with Skinner being played by Mr. T.
In other news, Sapphire and Steel (the British version of the X-Files) will also be returning, this time as the new joint presidents of the Amiga. Apparently, mixing the old and the new was causing a timebreak, and will require the sacrifice of AmigaOS and two christmas party hats.
The new Amiga was last seen in the Bahamas, in the company of Gillian Anderson. Rumours of an electronic affair were denied, but reports suggest Gillian may be getting a surgically-implanted network port for her left arm.

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