CommodoreUSA Partners with Disney

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Karlos
 
Sorry man just so tired of these ppl slagging off Cusa, THEY HAVE DONE MORE THAN ANY AMIGA OR COMMODORE COMPANY SINCE 1994!

Releasing no hardware and no software to date means they've done as much as everybody else has.
 
Heck, I've done as much for the amiga, as they have, at this point (that would be nothing, btw)
 
 
When they ship product, then we'll talk again. Their people say that is soon, so we'll all know what's going on.
 

They've done stuff with the brand name and made a neat case, but none of it has advanced the state of the platform one iota.

At this point, I don't know if the platform can be advanced in any meaningful way. I also don't know if it should.

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There have been some pretty amazing hobby projects for the C64 in the past few years, but I can see where you're coming from. It's hard to improve on something that has nostalgia as it's main appeal.

Its that, and I question whether there's a commercial venture even possible.
 
Stuff like the ACA boards Jens did? Obviously popular and sold well.
 
But thats a project done with a keen awareness of the hobby market. I don't know if we extend beyond that. Morph OS is probably the most advanced option right now, and they are sitting at what? 1000 registrations?
 
You can be successfull with amiga, but you gotta aim it at something realistic

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here are few of the "ANYONE ELSE'S":
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_Comments.aspx

 
Lets talk when actual people have reviewed actual product that actually shipped.
 
Until then, its just static.

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Ooh look Mummy, another sock puppet!
 
Can we keep it? Can we? Can we?

You have to take it for walks, and feed it and clean up its poopies

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I'd totally have bought a Pegasos at the time, if I knew about it

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Barry appears to be a worthy successor to Jack Tramiel. Reality doesn't matter, what drive the market is what's in the mind of consumers, Barry is playing to that. Why would you buy Barry's Chinese stuff over someone else's Chinese stuff. 1) Because it looks different 2) Because it has a story. A bit quirky, a bit out of the norm. People like that.
 
Is Barry's story real or an illusion? No one will ever know. Furniture salesman, satellite TV installer. Again that could have be Jack. Like it or not C=USA is a lot like CBM...

Lets see what happens when actual product get shipped.

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Hi,
 
@Commodorejohn,
 
You know I wish I could live in the past like some of you.

Maybe Im coming at this from a different angle, but what is there to amiga, other than living in the past? Its a retro hobby. Even the most advanced of the next gen options are aiming at nostalgia pretty squarely and catching up a few years of technology.