Looks like Commodore will have a new owner…

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Good news folks. Looks like Commodore will be back! Now will Amigakit want to be a part of it?

 https://youtu.be/lN8r4LRcOXc?si=txvFedDp-38SMmyj

https://youtu.be/ke-Ao-CpI7E?si=SHmF5IPesfvxtSl0

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Following this news very closely….indeed!!

Exciting times ahead indeed! 😉👍🏻

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And who is "Liking" bigoted comments?

Our regular Sheldon Cooper “Kolla” that’s who! 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

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Not sure if you are joking or serious. I'm 52 and wouldn't choose myself as advisor on a tech startup, it has nothing to do with bigotry.

The way you have posted and how I have read it, is that you were serious. It does show a negative approach to those who are now working to bring back a great company. Unfortunately none of us can age backwards like Benjamin Button 😉

IMHO, It’s the best step forward.
What the new CEO is doing, is including those who worked so hard in the past another chance in redeeming a brand, that was brought o bankruptcy by those who hadn’t a clue how to run Commodore back in the day.
If it weren't for those who killed Commodore, then who knows what it could have achieved. Commodore could have been like Apple is today.

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Oh my goodness, please no. That would have been utterly horrendous to have two companies making products with planned obsolescence of less than one year.

I didn’t mean it like that. 🤣 Just saying Commodore would still be in the mainstream making great products. Hopefully not being an overlord of tech like Apple. But a household name. 👍🏻

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But they would have had to charge more for their products and Institute an "Commodore Tax" to survive! They needed more R&D apend and marketing like Apple. They also needed to keep their vertical integration by updating CSG/MOS rather than running it into the ground! Not possible in this timeline!

True. But in this day and age it’s all different. You have those who are mustering their own 3rd party cards for commodore machines.

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Thinking that the Amiga community is devoid of ablist bigots is a mistake, thats just my experience on this particular forum as a member for decades. Whats worse is that the bigots back each others rancid comments up. Perhaps its just this forum.

Unfortunately the likes of social media and anonymously posting with Keyboard warrior ways doesn’t help. Toxicity is a way for some to express jealousy or look as though they know more than others. God forbid if you make an error 😬🙄🤣
There are people out there who are bored. Like to have their say.

For this venture to happen, someone has stuck their neck out. Giving it a go. Then those who disapprove will get angry about it and have post up on a forum like this one.
For me perifractic is proving the saying, “If you put your mind to it, you can achieve anything”. Besides give these people a chance. If they “F” it up. Then it was their monies and time wasted. To me this looks like something that will bring the Commodore brand back. Besides, do you want the likes of Bill Gates or Tim Cooke to do it?

Popcorn at the ready 👍🏻

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So, will Amigakit be getting involved if asked to do so?
A lot of negativity I feel from some.
To me, a great opportunity to see how this goes forward.

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And the experience to run one as well… 👍🏻

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Please stop dropping our name. We have nothing to do with this venture.
So stop asking. If that ever changes, Im sure you will hear about it.

What this has to do with this thread, apart from divert traffic from amiga.org.
You can still post here??

Fair enough. Only asked. Plus it was on topic 👍🏻😉

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And that sounds like targetted harassment.
Am I to understand that the moderators are not only OK with generalised bigotry but also fine with allowing asinine individuals to target other individuals with their bile.

Does Amiga.org / AmigaKit want to be associated with these individuals and should they be allowed to continue with their toxic biases , sullying the reputation of this forum ?

Will the users be banned ?
Or does Amiga.org / AmigaKit support these values ?

@polyp2000
Do you want to keep this on topic and stop calling people Stupid and foolish? For someone claiming they have swallowed a dictionary and pretending they have a Higher IQ than anyone else. I’d stop using that shovel…
As they say. “the door is over there, if you don’t like it here”. You know the rest.

@thread
To try and put this thread back on topic:
I created this thread is to establish peoples thoughts on the Commodore branding coming back. As Amigakit have rights to certain Amiga brands, I was establishing if Matthew Leaman would get involved or not. I now have that answer.
Which to me is a shame. I saw no Harassment in asking. It was like asking a politician to give a straight answer.
It just means we still have some sort of fragmentation in place. I suppose it’s like asking Hyperion and Cloanto to get together.

So let’s keep this thread on topic shall we. Just waiting on Retro recipes latest YouTube update.

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I think you misread what I posted before. I never said your were off topic. I quoted number 6, not sure how you misread that for you.

That’s fine. But Polyp is making this conversation off topic. No constructive feedback on this thread. Who was he/she referring too?
I wasn’t referring to Number 6.

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Back on topic...I wasn't aware there was quite the pent up demand for C64s as they are the most numerous single model of computer ever manufactured! Since only 5 million Amigas of all flavours were manufactured by comparison, I would hope that the new C= would in some way help Cloanto and/or RGL cut through the red tape to get THEA1200 launched soon! I can't see any other immediate benefit to Amiga side of things unless they want to buy out Hyperion too?! 

@BozzerBigD   Thanks for bringing this back on Topic.

All I would say is I’m happy to see the Commodore brand back in my lifetime. 🤞🏻 Christian “Perifractic” Simpson gets the backing he needs to take this forward.

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I would buy a "new" 100% compatible Amiga 1200, since maintaining old ones is a chore, but I never had a C64 so not really into that.

I think it’s more down to what was your first computer at the time. Those who had the Amiga first would argue that the C64 is not what they would want.
My first Commodore machine was the VIC-20. I never got to own a C64, the next machine after the VIC was the Speccy 16k, the. The A500 Amiga.
Only fairly recently I took the plunge bought a C128D, which now I see what the fuss was about.

Would I buy one of the new C64s? More likely not.

As for the debate about, “Well Amiga and Commodore are separate”. You can argue, that without Commodore buying the Amiga brand and distributing etc… Would it have been as popular?