CommodoreUSA CEO Interview Answers

[wrath of khan]

I read the whole thing and sadly only one fact is now completely apparent.He is quite literally just selling the name 'Amiga' for an exorbitant sum.Anyone could just rebadge a pc and it would be the same exact thing.I really don't see anything of note coming from this company at any point in the future which is made all the more apparent by his answers. I doubt that the name 'Amiga' stuck on a pc is enought to make any headway into the pc market either.These guys will be gone in a short few years.What are they offering over a regular pc to entice new users.So why would anyone want to buy the amiga mini or whatever it's called.Eventually another company might spring up calling themselves commodore and the cycle will continue...

[wrath of khan]

I wonder if CUSA customers would be interested in a DeLorean mini van, or maybe a Stradivarius guitar.

Cusa=Back to the pucture! a retro mindpuck down memory lane.(Change the P in 'pucture' to an F and the P in 'mindpuck' to an F)Forum blocks swearwords oddly enough.

[wrath of khan]

You mean CUSA hasn't folded yet?!

They fold more than Origami.

[wrath of khan]

I don't begrudge cusa if they want to make some money but I really wonder if selling pcs and calling them amigas will be a financial success. What makes their systems stand out from a regular pc.I don't see it as a long term business. Doing something interesting and mining some of the classic heritage and marrying it with modern components might be a better idea.Something that diffrentiates cusa systems from regular pc's is a must imo.As a side project even an amiga handheld similar to the megadrive/neo geo x like blaze make could concievably make some money in the retro market. There is alot of young people who missed the whole amiga games era. If certain concessions can be made to classic users when it doesn't cost cusa a dime then they should make those concessions as it gains nothing to alienate the amiga community either through accident or intention.Nostalgia aside I think success lies in some form of innovation much like the innovation inherent in the original amiga. I can't see cusa lasting very long with their current ethos.

[wrath of khan]

With 500 people putting money forward we could do something ourselves.
Make our own case for natami and for general use or fund any amiga project.
We just need some trustworthy members like the Daddy or such who could accomplish such a thing.It would be cool for us to just make it happen ourselves a bit like the openpandora project in some respects.