Amiga, Inc. (South Dakota)

:"This article is about Amiga, Inc. (South Dakota). For other uses, see Amiga (disambiguation)."

Infobox Company
company_name = Amiga, Inc.
company_
company_type =
foundation = 1997
location = 600 N. Derby Lane, North Sioux City, South Dakota
key_people = Jeff Schindler, Jim Collas, Tom Schmidt, Darreck Lisle, Marilyn Flint, Allan Havemose, Joe Torre, Kelly Newby
industry =
products = A1200, AmigaOS 4, AmigaOS 5
revenue =
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 5
homepage =

Amiga, Inc. was incorporated in South Dakota in 1997, [citeweb
url=http://www.cucug.org/amiga/aminews/1997/ai971111.html
title=Petro Tyschtschenko's Speech at the 1997 Midwest Amiga Exposition
publisher=Champaign-Urbana Computer Users Group
date=1997-11-01
accessdate=1997-11-11 ] as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gateway 2000, Inc. (later renamed Gateway, Inc.) After acquiring from German ESCOM AG certain Amiga-related intellectual property assets in 1997, Gateway decided to keep the patents, and try to run Amiga, Inc. as a separate unit, which was originally intended develop two new operating systems, announced as "Amiga OS 4" and "Amiga OS 5". [citeweb
url=http://www.news.com/2100-1001-211258.html
title=Plans for new Amiga emerge
publisher=CNET News.com
date=1998-05-17
accessdate=2007-12-26 ] Amiga, Inc. was initially led by Jeff Schindler, then by Jim Collas, [citeweb
url=http://www.cucug.org/amiga/aminews/1999/990312-amiga99.html
title=Amiga President Jim Collas Addresses Amiga99 Attendees
publisher=Champaign-Urbana Computer Users Group
date=1999-03-12
accessdate=1999-03-12 ] and later by Tom Schmidt. [citeweb
url=http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-515585.html
title=Collas out as Amiga president
publisher=ZDNet News
date=1999-09-01
accessdate=2007-12-26 ] Other employees included Darreck Lisle (event coordinator), Marylin Flint (operations manager), Joe Torre (senior engineer) and Kelly Newby (bookkeeper). Independent subcontractors who also briefly worked (without being hired) for Amiga, Inc. included William "Bill" McEwen and Barrie Jon "Fleecy" Moss.

In 1999, when Gateway decided to close Amiga, Inc., Bill McEwen and Fleecy Moss obtained from Gateway [citeweb
url=http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-517583.html
title=Gateway sells Amiga to startup
publisher=ZDNet News
date=2000-01-03
accessdate=2007-12-26 ] the amiga.com internet domain and a license to incorporate a new independent company, also named "Amiga, Inc.", but incorporated in the state of Washington. For Amiga, Inc. (Washington) and other companies named "Amiga, Inc." see Amiga (disambiguation).

ee also

*Amiga Corporation
*Amiga computer

References

External links

* [www.amigahistory.co.uk Amiga History Guide]