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Belgium
Famous For Amiga City, Generation
Amiga
Sound Bytes: "We have been open since
October 1996. First of all, we are Amiga
mthusiasts. We think that there is a mar
ket for the Amiga. The Amiga is an
answer for a lot of people who
want more than a PC..."
Generation Amiga
Italy
Famous For: Cloanto
Sound Bytes: "In our sales statis
tics, Italy is at fifth place, following
Germany, Great Britain, France and
Poland. In general, in all countries.
Hie interest of loyal customers has
remained unchanged, but I esti
mate that in Western Europe
there is 20-40 per cent fewer
active users than one year
ago." Cloanto
Norway
Famous For: Scala, Applause Data
Sound Bytes: "The owner [of Amiga] must be capa
ble of taking control of the Amiga in a serious and pro
fessional manner. They must maintain a proper dialogue
with the distributors and co-operate with them to get the
Amiga back into the shops. This will not be an easy job,
at least not here in Norway." Applause Data
"The Amiga has some old roots in Norway and
those roots will not be replaced by any new
machine in the near future." Amiga
Cyprus
Famous For: Vavel Computers
Foundation Network
Sound Bytes: "We sell complete Amiga-
based systems for TV stations - six out of
eight depend on the Amiga for their graphics
Cyprus Airways is using a number of Amigas
for flight information. Also we provide TV
^ graphics services for a number of compa
nies and studios in Cyprus, Greece,
Bahrain and Dubai." Vavel
Computers
RANCE
Famous For Solectron,
Requester Tools
Sound Bytes: "France has its fair share of
Amiga activity. For one thing - the Solectron
factory in France was chosen by Escom
to produce the Escom Amigas,"
Australia
Famous For: Austex (Uropa2) GP Software (Directory
Opus).
Sound Bytes: "Most of our sales are in the UK and European '
markets. The Canadian/US markets are quite tough these days
with it becoming increasingEy difficult to reach the end user. The
Australian market is fairly small, but there are still some active
user groups and some other developers producing products
and services for the Amiga." GP Software
"Many Amiga products are available in Australia,
kbut not games, as there is a S35O censorship fee for
any title that is imported." Amiga News Australia
(phone 042 672685 for Australians or 61 ^£
42 672685 for overseas)
Amiga Computing
MARCH 1997
Germany
Famous For: Haage and
Partner (Art Effect Storm C)
Phase 5 ( CyberVision, CyberStorm), Eagle Computer
Products, ProDAD, CeBit, Cologne Show
Sound Bytes: "Arguably the most Amiga
supported country in the world - tons of com
panies, users and shows all dedicated
to the Amiga."
Japan
Famous For Systcom Limited
Sound Bytes: "[Interest in Amiga products]
is very weak. Amiga doesn't support the
Japanese language and the Japanese branch
office (or any official marketing company)
didn't develop it The language barrier
is serious here." Systcom
Limited
Malaysia
Famous For: Click Grafix - GeneRexxT (ARexx
Generator for Adpro)
Sound Bytes: "Although the user base is very small
nevertheless they are very much in love with the
Amiga. Some have given up, and some swore it's
the last computer they will use and will never
migrate to any other platform. Sometimes my
showroom becomes a heated battle
between Amiga users only." Click
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