CommodoreUSA CEO Interview Answers

[Tripitaka]

One question hasn't been answered.

What will it take for you to go away and leave us alone?
Is it because money has been given to amiga.org?

I read through the "interview" and honestly it's a load of bollocks.

Nothing we didn't know already, more insults added left and right, this time toned down a bit.

Illusion of grandeur all over. Comparing themselves to Apple several times. Apple I say. APPLE!

Jez...how deluded!

Also justifying the fact that IF Apple can "steal" stuff so can we.....ahhhh that makes it ok then.

You don't mind me "stealing" the Amiga name do you? Just for a bit?

And the cherry on the cake was: "It's not our fault the $30 million budget thing...it was the agency's idea and we don't do business with them any more"

LOL!

This really is top comedian's stuff.

I feel sorry for Leo and the followers...really do.

How can anyone add to that? 100% spot on! My feelings towards CUSA have certainly soured since reading the answers and I was not impressed beforehand. I so hoped they would redeem themselves somehow. It's not just CUSA either, they got the Amiga name under license from Amiga inc after all is said and done. I'm pretty sick of them too.

[Tripitaka]

They have done much more with the Commodore & Amiga brands then anyone has done in the last 15 years.

You shouldn't keep putting that LSD in your breakfast buddy, it's messing with your head.

[Tripitaka]

Why are we bothering? No matter what's said CUSA aren't going to listen anyway. That much is blatantly obvious. I give up, do whatever you like CUSA. I doubt you'll ever do anything that I'll ever pay for because I doubt you will ever do anything that has the slightest connection to real Amigas. I can buy AF anytime or use UAE with my own ROMs. I can even make my own damn stickers to stick on my own PCs!

[Tripitaka]

Minimig? AROS? Morph OS? Individual Computers? The guys that make the PS2 controller adapters or Svideo adapters?

The hobby is f'ing teeming with people taking initiative and building crazy, cool things

.....and Natami of course.

[Tripitaka]

Shutup,

Put your $$$$ to invest in the brand, company, acquiring the rights. Just because you bought the computer. I been an owner of Commodore computer as far back as the 80s. You have no invested interest in the IP.

Your interest is selfish and to your own personal gain. You don't believe anyone should buy and make money on the brand or that they are going to be some 1 hour a month bull **** business that does nothing. You guys don't buy new hardware.

If you can't really make Jens Schonfeld and others what their economic worth it, then I would have a hard time believing your intent to support. Even then, it is hard to classify him and some of these folks real businesses. They are supporting quasi-businesses. As for thee hobby and quasi-projects... It will only go so long and then what?  Maybe it is ti e the old hw is museum piece while you enjoy the spirit of it via emulation. Oh wait.... You already do that...well most of you.

How many of you use this for real life serious business and professional work use. If there is 100s of members registered to this forum and only a few talk, that isn't enough. 2-3 out of a 100... How many of you is it just a pass time weekend hobby. How much is it serious daily business and work use.

Painful reading. Is English a second language or are you still at school?

[Tripitaka]

Trip,

I guess so when it was 3:## AM at USA pacific coast time. Give it a wild guess and figure that I was up since 8:30 AM of the preceeding day.

Fair enough, we all have bad days. I still think CUSA is an irrelevance as far as anything Amiga is concerned. They have the name but none of the spirit.

[Tripitaka]

They are a Linux PC vendor selling x86 boxes.  This is Amiga.org.

Jesus Christ why can't people understand this just isn't relevant here?

You make a valid point. CUSA may have the names but beyond that they have nothing else to offer, unless your in the market for another PC. That being the case, what relevance is that to A.org?

I think after this post I'm just going to join those not posting on any CUSA threads and wait for CUSA to go away.

[Tripitaka]

That's what they want.  If they can bore us to death then they can make lots of new threads, fill them with positive "Barry approved" content from sponsored accounts and hope that they'll show up at the top of any Google search.

It is like World War One, they're hoping that we run out of troops before they run out of bullets.  

IMHO it's time CUSA threads got removed from A.org. They have forums of their own and it is an abuse to use A.org in such a way. We should just have one locked sticky to say they are not here and the address of CUSAs forum for anyone wishing to talk CUSA. Job done.