The hysterical thing is how oddly defensive people are about their particular views. It's not about C-USA, or "the grand lineage of the Amiga" really, is it? And before you know it, people are pulling the old "freedom of speech" card.
Enjoy what you got, buy what you want - and you SHOULD be able to voice your opinions in a sane and civil manner here. If you feel C-USA is the future of the line, I'd love to hear a civil conversation about it that doesn't parrot a bunch of PR hype. If you're of the old school camp and feel C-USA's offerings are the equivalent of raping you of your fond childhood Amiga moments, you should be able to point that out. We are all capable of ignoring threads, and users, and at times I can see now that I have not helped situations with my contributions to threads. I'm trying my best personally to not fuel the flames, but it's often hard to refrain from when people sweep blatant facts under the rug, you know? One of the first times I ever spoke out against a certain camp, the one time I asked a few questions - I got personally harassed via PM for it.
That garbage doesn't matter to anyone with a brain. It's filler. I could sit here and pull my usual troll routine of pointing out hideous business management tactics and it likely won't keep anyone from buying a machine they are interested in. If you are an old school Amigan, you know damned well the idea of a $ 25,000 x86 PC in a case is ludicrous. If you are convinced said offerings from Commodore Usa, LLC - whether they be a 64, VIC or Amiga are a true revolution and not just a badge on a Linux PC (they admittedly are atm, even by C-USA's own description, I'd love to hear your angle on it. I hope anyone that buys the Amiga of their choosing enjoys it, old, new, or otherwise.
We're all big boys and girls, capable of discussing hot button topics rationally - and I admit myself that I have fueled flames when I should have, which is a habit I am trying to break unless someone is outright lying about blatant facts.
Know who the true victims here are? The little guys - the guys like the Natami guys, guys like the FPGA Arcade dudes burning their fingers with soldering irons, making what is as close to a modern day next gen, daily driver Amiga for all of us at likely very little to no profit. Hell, even the PPC Amiga (and AROS on the other side, of course) guys should be entirely applauded for their efforts - MOS, OS4, etc. for keeping the boat afloat this long.
We can have civil debate here, and we can all ignore threads that offer differing viewpoints. But for God's sakes, let's not ignore the above mentioned "little guys". I'm sure we can all agree that aspect is extremely important, even if you are a next gen or non traditional PPC/Motorola fan.
Without the little guys we wouldn't be as far as we are.
