Ok guys, I will be doing a report on Commodore USA this week

[number6]

Ask him why he doesn't like me...

Forget that. We need an office pool to guess the number of page views the report will receive.

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[number6]

what does this mean? is there still a commodore usa. what have they bin working on? thought they went bang in 94?

The branch known as Commodore North America from the 80's, which you may be referring to, is completely active and have announced product and shipping dates already.

Commodore expects to ship its new products to distribution channels across the USA before March 1, 2011 followed by selected countries in Europe and Asian Pacific. The new download gaming platform for USA will officially be announced on or before March 1.2011.

The entire epoch would take far too long to relate, but you can read a bit about them here

C=USA, being discussed here, is an entirely different licensee.

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@ Redrumloa

Can't wait... but how do we know your not "one of them" now...

Just gave my keyboard a good clean and used some WD40 in anticipation of a mad posting frenzy...

(PS:keep hold of the copyrights on your photos, apart from certain folk erm... "borrowing"" them they could be valuable evidence once day...

I'm not sure if this was stated by C=USA here or merely debated, but it was just stated/clarified on AW concerning the boingball:

ScOOby: "I am not sure but I think they don't have the rights to use the boing ball, do they?"

digitex: "yes, of course we do, explicitly."

ScOOby: "BTW: And I am not sure if the picture of the boing ball is licensed from the artist."

digitex: "yes, of course it is, along with other projects he has done, and is doing for us."

source

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Yes he is a member, but has not logged in since 2004. He is an old, old friend of mine who tagged along out of curiosity. Cybereye was my business partner in the short lived Anachronism Industries. He and his father used to own an authorized Amiga dealer store and Commodore/Amiga repair store in the 80's and 90's in South Florida.

Hmm...I see mention on another site of the tv commercials.
Perhaps next time you have a joint reporting mission, you could all sign reporter NDAs, to avoid early leaks. Heh.
Then again, I've seen my share of intentional leaks over the years too.

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[number6]

That source is an AmigaWorld thread, from a poster claiming to be a member of CUSA.  It is hardly a clarification, although it certainly was a statement.

That might depend on how you interpret his 1st two posts on the website.

"Tnx, guys.

Leo has been taking the brunt of a huge amount of unwarranted & unfounded commentary of late, so I am stepping in for a while as his relief pitcher and pinch hitter.
I respect the fact that this is your forum...your ballpark...your bat...and GOD knows, the huge set of balls some of you carry around. But I'm here to play the game..and I'd be more than happy to call it a tie at the bottom of the ninth. But now we're in overtime...and I do plan to win.

digitex"

If you still feel he's an employee or spokesman, fine.

It's all moot, anyway.  A better statement is "What is going to stop them from using the boing ball?"

All I have on that is:
http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?qs=78940426

The fate is open to debate, I guess.

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[number6]

+1

hmm..unless I read this thread and others wrong Red seems to think a report is not necessary and Dammy thinks otherwise.
Perhaps this is evidence of yet another new amiga division to insert amongst all the others.
Those who determine what constitutes being newsworthy and those that make a report and let the readers decide if it is news.?

Franko, what thinkest thou?

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[number6]

Glad you you asked... (I'll byte)

Well Red seems to have changed his tune pretty quickly after his wee visit to CUSAs brain washing lab (judging by his short comments & retractions in some of his posts here)...

If Fanboy Dammy thinks otherwise then I can only conclude that Red has gone to the darkside and DammyFanBoy is praying Red has been convinced enough to write a glowing report in favour of CUSA...

Just an opinion based on what I've read here so far...

hmm...I'm beginning to see why some of this was deemed not so earthshattering.
On AW, where Dammy is giving some of the highlights, we have:
"Wait till Redrumloa posts a very young looking Barry working on a C64 back during his cabletech days."
which was posted in response to a user posting a current picture of Barry.
I'm not sure whether the insinuation here regards age or whether he thinks people are waiting with baited breath to see a picture of Barry with a C64?
Either way...I now understand Red's hesitancy about the degree of newsworthiness, if these are the high points. Heh.

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Well judging by what Dammy (AKA Damocles) has to say AW.net, the highlight of the visit (should the report appear) is going to be this...

What Dammy thinks we've got to look forward too...

(OOPs... Number6 beat me to that one while I was typing...

Heh.

I can see why this was done, but really...If you read any Commodore site, you can read posts (undisputed) from admins that Barry had a C64.
The only reason I can see for this picture, is to prove the connection to days of yore without having to give such links, which might not satisfy all readers.

I also wonder why Dammy felt it necessary to single out "FOX" individually on moo in his list of networks for the commercials. Oh wait...the superbowl is on FOX, no? [evil grin]

source

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[number6]

Why did you have to post that ruddy link, every time I go to that site my eyesight goes for about 10 minutes and I almost have an epileptic fit...

Could someone from the USA please answer me this in regard to FOX, I get the FOX channels over here on SKY, now I don't know if it's just me but do folks in the USA actually take The FOX news channel seriously (if so I would find that very worrying)... :nervous:

It's like a bunch of talentless celebrity wannabes talking absolute keech about which zlist celeb they bumped into at the weekend or the O'reily guy who gets paid far too much and is proud to have it announced at the end of his show that his clothes are supplied by some poncy fashion designer...:nervous:

Please don't tell me that this channel is taken seriously in the USA or my opinion of American popular culture will reach an all time low...

I think you're confusing "news" and "news entertainment" or commentary if you will.
All the networks have both in order to fill air time.
Sadly, pure news that allows the viewers to analyze on their own is in short supply.
Moreso, it was decided years ago that viewers needed to be told what to think, hence the invention of the entertainment news you now see.
In addition, controversy sells, so even if every network sponsored the same beliefs from the top, they would be quick to delineate themselves from the others to maintain ratings.

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@ number6

It's got that way over here too SKY news nowadays tell you their opinion on a News item and the viewing morons accept it. Even the Al-Jazzara 24 hour News channel looks & sounds like a fanatical version of FOX News in custom made designer Italian suits, really weird  (& scary)... Although the hour long show they give to George Galloway each week is good for a laugh as he demands you listen to him and that his opinions are the real facts... :lol:

Then I'm sure you can see the parallel in amiga forums.
The difference between reporting news and letting each individual interpret on their own vs evangelism woven into news.

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