CommodoreUSA site updated

[Iggy]

Damn you guys are tenacious!

I can't believe you're all still tossing this one about!

Hey, someone has had the balls to reunite the Commodore and Amiga trademarks and is trying to resurrect a long dead business entity.

If the endeavor doesn't meet all the requirements that you hold dear in some fantasy of what such a project should look like - so be it.

Its Altman's project, and he's going to do things his way.

[Iggy]

Franko,
I was skeptical about Barry's ability to get this done for the 2010 holiday season (and told him so when I talked to him).
That was the main reason I included the qualifier "maybe even a little longer" in that statement.
And yes, if he doesn't produce something soon, I'm going to have to join the naysayers.

But I can't see the rationale in making these announcements, creating this website, and paying for prototype C64 cases without the intent to generate a return on his investment.

Essentially, what I'm saying is that it would defy good common sense or sane business principles.

[Iggy]

I agree with that wholeheartedly, I do reckon he'll produce something but it's not the kind of stuff I'm keen on buying, The Natami looks better for my needs and the X1000 I've given up hope on...

I'd have to agree with you that the Natami is more likely to appeal to legacy system user's than anything CUSA will produce.
I don't think CUSA's primary market is hard core Amiga users

Casual users and nostalgia motivated buyesr who want another OS are more likely to buy.

This doesn't invalidate the project, it just isn't going to appeal to die hard Amiga fans.

[Iggy]

Right here in this thread we have some people complaining that the C64 case is bad because it looks just like the original, and others who are complaining that the Amiga cases don't look exactly like the original.  They look like new takes on the old cases.

Yes, I'd agree with that. Frankly, I like the way they look and they do remind me of original Amiga cases. If I was going to fault anything, it would be the lack of a tower option.
I haven't used conventional desktop cases for anything other than multimedia systems in years.

[Iggy]

The Amiga curse cares not about human intentions!

How very right you are. The curse often seems to render people's intentions unfathomable.