d@alice.UucP (Daniel Rosenberg) (03/01/86)
Dear Folks on net.micro.{amiga,atari}:
There's the guy (an Atari-owner, and a rather proud one) who tells
me something about since the original Amiga development work was
done at Atari, that with every Amiga sold, Commodore pays a
commission of some sort to Atari. Is there any truth to this?
Responses from people at C-Amiga and/or Atari (Mr. Dyer?) would
be greatly appreciated.
Much thanks,
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From: Al Gaspar <gaspar@ALMSA-1.ARPA> > Amiga pays Atari? > **No way!** As far as I know, there are no payments by Commodore to Atari for the Amiga. However, there is a lawsuit pending in which Atari is claiming a prior right to the original Amiga company and, therefore, to the Amiga itself. I am not sure of the details, but I believe that Atari wants some kind of payment for each Amiga sold. This may be the source of this rumor. If anyone wants to look into this further, I believe that it was addressed in Infoworld back around Christmastime or the first of the year. Al Gaspar <gaspar@almsa-1.arpa> USAMC ALMSA, ATTN: AMXAL-OW, Box 1578, St. Louis, MO 63188-1578 COMMERCIAL: (314) 263-5118 AUTOVON: 693-5118 seismo!gaspar@almsa-1.arpa