Very simple summation of the entire interview:
I loved Commodore and Amiga.
Commodore and Amiga names had disappeared from the public eye.
We licensed the names to sell PC's running a custom Linux distro in an effort to revive the name and sell computers that have the name.
We have nothing to do with classic systems or updated systems from the classic tree, and really don't care to. If you are into that, more power to you. If you don't want what we have, don't buy it. We are not interested in selling what you want, we are interested in selling what we can make money off of.
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If you think about it....It really isn't much different than the idea of the Amiga MCC under Gateway. A custom cased Linux based PC (that looked a bit Mac-ish) with the Amiga name on it was all that would have been - but it would have been more "pure" since the product was to be produced by the IP holder and not a licensee. Had the MCC dropped in 1999, most of us would be happily running Amiga(Linux)OS.
I use Mint almost every day and like it... I might even consider purchasing an Amiga branded PC running a custom version if the case was cool and the price was competitive to comparable end product manufacturers. As long as their prices are 2x Dell, I will be happy running my Asus laptop and homebrew desktop.
