I am fully aware as to the business (LLC) status of Commodore USA. Having run businesses of my own, I'm well aware of the perks (and drawbacks) of an LLC. If I gave the impression I was thumbing my nose at LLC status, or otherwise implying C-USA is "not a business", that was not intended. I don't believe I implied otherwise. They have every right to conduct business as they wish, and unlike many here - I have zero interests or stake in some ideal that they are "defiling the Amiga name".
No one, including me - expects them to see the community as a charity case.
That being said, don't ask the community to see them as anything other that a commodity PC vendor selling Linux boxes. Barry's own interview confirmed as much.
I wish C-USA no ill will. I do not dislike Barry, Leo, Dammy, etc. - or anyone else in the extended community. I assure you if I was waiting with baited breath hoping they fail, I'd let you know.
In fact I hope they make a rock solid PC that people buy and enjoy for many years to come. That being said, it is becoming tiring on A.org and other well established Amiga forums portals how a commodity PC vendor is going to "save us all", when they themselves have so much as stated they are selling commodity boxes under a nostalgic name.
Just as I would be if Dell showed up here spamming adverts and press for their Intel machines. Best of luck, but how it pertains to any of us is beyond me. People would like to see some actual Amiga content on A.org rather than bickering about a PC vendor.
No one is "demanding" a single thing from C-USA. In fact, their challenge to the community was largely ignored and laughed off due to the terms of it. They brought that to us. No one was willing to pony up a single dime to a commodity PC vendor that for 2 years has done nothing but be extremely abusive towards them, and you can't blame them in the least for that.
