Workbench 5.0??

[amigadave]

So what's all this then?

http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_OS.aspx

Is this even AmigaDOS-based?  Does this have anything to do with AmigaOS 4.1?  I assume not.  Screenshots?

Thanks.
blakespot

I would bet that it is nothing more than re-badged x86 PC's bundled with WinUAE, or EUAE & Linux.  The new C= is just trying to make a buck on the name Commodore and other people's work on the hardware and free software & emulation.  They must be getting the Kickstart ROM's from Amiga Inc., if it is all pre-loaded on their new "A1000, A2000, A3000 systems.

A final "F-U" to the remaining Amiga community from Amiga Inc.

Edit:  With their claim of including tons of open source games and applications, including an office suite that is compatible with MS Office apps, (Open Office) it is sure to be a Linux distro with EUAE, or AmigaForever integrated that they are calling Workbench 5.0.  It will be disappointing if Colanto has sold out to Commodore USA, but not too surprising if it happens.

[amigadave]

It is Linux with Amiga Workbench look, feel and emulation. They also provide WINE to play some Windows games and a dual boot with WinXP/Win7 installed on the HD (dual boot).

I don't see where they have made anything to sell yet.  The preproduction pictures of the cloned C64 case looks like a toy of very poor quality that even if I were an old C64 user, would never buy.  Other than paying some plastic company to copy the C64 case, has Commodore USA actually produced anything that they have shown?  All I can figure out from their site and what they have written, is that they are a company that has raised some investment capital to purchase the rights to use the Commodore and Amiga names and has plans to re-badge other companies products and other peoples emulation and software, so they can make a buck on nothing new or interesting.  Does anyone have any knowledge of Commodore USA employing any developers to write one line of code for any new "Workbench 5.0"?  Does anyone know of any hardware that Commodore USA is making that is not just some other company's product that they are replacing a badge with a Commodore, or Amiga badge?

I wonder if Barry's investors have any idea what they have invested in? (and how long will he be able to fool them, since he isn't fooling any of the existing Amiga users about what he is doing, or trying to do)