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Re: Ok guys, I will be doing a report on Commodore USA this week
« on: February 02, 2011, 01:26:40 AM »
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@ Redrumloa

Genuine question this, I would appreciate if you could ask Mr Altman...

My main (in fact only) real gripe is the naming of his products eg: C64x, Amiga 1000x & WorkBench, would it be possible for him to rename the products differently (as they aren't even on sale yet) so as to distinguish them from what most folks would call a C64 or Amiga and thus put an end once and for all for what I believe is total confusion and lets face it nonsense on both sides... :)


We have had the Commodore bv machines, the tulip c64 the c64 dtv, and various amiga entities, and noone interested in the tech has been confused.

I think Red should make this tour as low key, low agression as possible, asking the guy to rename his entire product line is a bit pushy, especially since he paid for the ability to name the products what he did.

Red, I think you are just about the perfect person to do this. I look forward to your report.
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Re: Ok guys, I will be doing a report on Commodore USA this week
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2011, 02:08:11 AM »
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Well from the Fan Page on CUSAs own site plenty of folk seem confused...

I'm not in a position to either demand or push the owner for a name change I am merely ask him to consider it that's all...


And you are entitled to that, but I think he licensed the names and stuff specifically so he could use them. c64dtv isnt confusing I guess, unless you don't know what the dtv stands for.

This might not be the time for that, but a carefully worded suggestion might be ok.
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Re: Ok guys, I will be doing a report on Commodore USA this week
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2011, 02:35:05 AM »
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You think wrong then...

Until June of last year I have since 1982 only ever used Commodore computers on a daily basis (and still do), so to me the names/brands/trademarks really mean something to me, so where you get the idea from that I "grossly underestimate" the value of these brands, gawd only knows... :)


We all want different things. Some of us want C64 Phenom II 6 core monster pcs with a fancy chicken lips logo. Others want a 1982 vintage c64 with a tape drive. Others want pretty much everything in between those extremes.

CUSA, like it or not, has the license to use the Commodore name etc. If they are successful CUSA will make some people very happy, and others less so.

Give them a shot.
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