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Offline spirantho

Re: Commodore USA's C64x Creator & Celebrity Barry Altman dies
« on: January 19, 2013, 05:35:37 PM »
Quote from: crawff;723204
@qwerty40001

If your in the UK, PM me your address and i will come round and knock some sense into ya.


Hey, why limit yourself to the UK? We could have a whip round and buy you flight tickets. Would be in a good cause!


Seriously, Barry's ideas I rarely agreed with. In fact, I don't agree with just about anything he did with C=USA, except maybe the C64x which was a reasonable idea poorly implemented.

However, whatever the guy did, whether he was doing a cynical marketing ploy or really believing in what he did, one thing remains...
He was still a husband, father and family member. Just because you don't agree with someone's plans is no cause for the kind of behaviour exhibited above.

RIP Barry Altman - I didn't agree with what you did, but I'd never wish what happened to you on anyone.
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Offline spirantho

Re: Commodore USA's C64x Creator & Celebrity Barry Altman dies
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2013, 10:20:26 PM »
Quote from: Kesa;723229
I think all these "condolences" are a little over the top. With all the abuse some of you guys here gave him and all the ill will you gave his CUSA the condolences you are giving him seem a little hypocritical. One minute he is much hated then you find out he is dead and suddenly he turns into a much loved celebrity? Seriously?

Fine, you all made it clear a long time ago that you really hate the guy. Say your condolences or even better say nothing. Just stop pretending you liked the guy.


There's a huge difference between hating someone and hating their actions.
Personally, I hate what C=USA did with the Amiga name - but never in a million years would I or any other sane(ish) person on here wish him to get cancer like this, no matter what he did. No computer is worth a human life.

I don't see the hypocrisy in slating his actions when he was alive, and yet offering condolences now - quite the opposite in fact. It shows that when it comes right down to it, we're all human, and in situations like this we're all the same whatever camp we're in.

I don't think any of the people so critical of C=USA would ever wish this on him.

That said, neither should we rewrite history and make him something he wasn't. He was a businessman, pure and simple. But more importantly, he was someone's family... and that's why we can all offer condolences, no matter how much we jumped up and down about his business practices.
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Ian Gledhill
ian.gledhill@btinternit.com (except it should be internEt of course...!)
Check out my shop! http://www.mutant-caterpillar.co.uk/shop/ - for 8-bit (and soon 16-bit) goodness!