To celebrate the 1000th article of the magazine Obligement, Carl Sassenrath returns through this long interview on its origins at Amiga Inc. in the 1980's (Manager of AmigaOS and Amiga CDTV system development, among others), the bankruptcy of Commodore, its passages at Apple Computer and Viscorp, Amiga NG, or on its new revolutionary language REBOL. A great name of Silicon Valley !

A very good read : http://obligement.free.fr/articles_traduction/itwsassenrath_en.php

Amiga Future 66 (May/June 2007) is released today. This means that all subscriptions, preorders and single issues have been brought to the postal office.

Again you'll find in this issue numerous reviews of i.e Hollywood, Airline Tycoon Deluxe, Poseidon, MUIbase, EvenMore and a lot more.

The Battle for Wesnoth is a free, turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme.

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Link to Wesnoth site

The first release of Pidgin 1.5.0 is now available on OS4-depot.

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Hyperion have released a small but covering statement regarding the ongoing situation with Amiga. Inc

You can view the source here http://www.hyperion-entertainment.biz:8080/news/2007-05-01

The following articles have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement (http://obligement.free.fr) during the last two months :

Fans of the Amiga platform

I have created an online petition in the hope that it may make Amiga Inc and Hyperion Entertainment see sense and work together rather than fight each other.

The Petition reads:
"We, the undersigned ask that Amiga inc and Hyperion Entertainment to put aside their differences and work together to ensure the success of the Amiga platform for the benefit of all fans of the Amiga operating system"

Details of New Entry Level Computer!

Issaquah, Wash and Fonthill, ON Canada ? April 29, 2007 ? ACK Controls and Amiga, Inc. are pleased to announce the base hardware design that will address the needs of the Amiga market as well offering expansion into other markets.

?The first product release is designed for flexibility and meeting the needs of the Amiga user, as well as offer a design that takes advantage of available hardware?, said Adam Kowalczyk President of ACK Systems

This new system will be offered at a suggested retail price of $ 489.00 and be a complete offering excluding monitor in a finished design that will provide customers with everything they need to get started.

Source : http://www.amiga.com/news/index.php?art=27

In view of the latest hot debate about Amiga inc vs Hyperion Court proceedings, we have added a new forum, called "Too Hot to Handle"

This is where hot debates like the one above will appear in, allowing Amigans.net members to discuss the latest contraversial happenings in Amiga land.

It can also be accessed, via the Main Menu on the left.

Andreas Axelsson worked at Digital Illusions and coded the amazingly popular games Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies and Pinball Illusions. Kim Lemon was fortunate to talk to him about the good old Amiga days.

http://www.lemonamiga.com/?mainurl=/interviews/andreas_axelsson/