Phoenix archive

Acorn restructuring

(Archive of) News, comments, and other coverage relating to the release from Acorn announcing the conclusion of a strategic review, involving the cancellation of the Phoebe RiscPC 2 project and a reduction in staff from 175 to 100.

Acorn Cybervillage's coverage of the news.
News from Archive.
News from Jaffasoft.
Comments from Octopus Systems, including a summary of Acorn's financial position.
The Register's comments.
Article in the ~~Independent~~.
After an initial delay Acorn posted the announcement on their web site, and have now added a FAQ on the restructuring.
There is also a local copy of the news from the RNS.
ANS comments by Richard Hesketh.
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