What's the Deal With CommodoreUSA?

[Darrin]

Joking aside, what I was getting at, and I do have the linux zealot hat on here for a moment, is that in a market where the two mainstream options (windows and os x) are basically locked down ecosystems with very little possibility for user input, complaining that Linux is the choice of the unimaginative and lazy seems very weird to me.

Nah, it isn't an OS for the lazy, it is an OS for the cheap.  That's why C-USA picked it, it was free!  :p

One thing that puzzles me is whether they have a legal obligation to provide support for their Linux OS in the same way that HP, Dell, etc have to support Windows.

[Darrin]

As near as I can tell, they tell people to contact mint or ubuntu with problems. Another reason they chose they, no tech support required.

I wonder what the Mint people think..

C-USA User:  I have a problem with my Commodore OS.
Mint:  Your what?
C-USA User:  My Commodore OS.  I have a problem with it and need help.
Mint:  What's that then?
C-USA User:  You know, the OS on my new Commodore Amiga.
Mint:  Oh, you mean Workbench!  I remember that!  Just hold down CTRL and the 2 Amiga keys.
C-USA User:  I don't have any Amiga keys!
Mint:  Why not?
C-USA User:  Because I'm running it on Commodore Amiga.
Mint:  You're using a PC keyboard with an adapter?
C-USA User:  I have a PC keyboard, but I don't need an adapter because this is an Intel PC.
Mint:  That's why Workbench won't run on it you dill!  Go and buy a copy of Windows and stop bugging us!