Dislike speaking ill of the deceased, but Barry got nowhere near the amount of criticism vs. the abuse he hurled out. People with serious issues with the machines were silenced, removed on C-USA forums, etc. - not to mention what John said, was just the tip of the iceberg. Machines would get hot and the wifi would quit working, etc. People posted about it and had their forums account removed so others wouldn't see that there were issues with the machines...
I got death threats, among other things - from his "War Party" when I did nothing more than ask polite questions here and elsewhere.
I'll applaud any entrepreneur for following his or her dream, but C-USA was a plague on us.
Looking back there was a lot of drama on both sides.I remember where a person that sent their computer in to get it fixed and never got it back. That was on commodore Amiga dot org site. They claim they were looking into it at that time. I never heard that it got resolved.
While I am glad he tried to live his dream I believe he could done better. I believe that in his case he didn't do things the proper way in business. Business person should always respect his or her customers and always set things right.
The prices of the machines drove me away.Prices I believe that very important to customers. I can build my own pc and use Linux.
If I would been C-USA I would have been doing a lot more research. Made my own stuff and operation system. Heck I would made a commodore 64c made it a special edition. Try to please the Amiga and Commodore fans. Sell the computers at reasonable prices.