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Offline TheBilgeRat

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Re: Takers - One Woman's Opinion of the Amiga Mini
« on: March 24, 2012, 11:56:16 PM »
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In most ways I agree with the angle of the OP.  I don't see CUSA as evil, nor do I see them as misunderstood.  I feel CUSA is ignorant to what Amiga and Commodore means to the community.

This lends to their replies and actions as they seem more like a child's reactions to being punished for something they can't grasp or understand.  They see it as a recognizable computer symbol without understanding WHY it is a recognizable computer symbol...


They are hardly ignorant of it.

They see people selling NG "Amiga" computers for 3 grand.  They see USB cards being sold for a couple hundred, and other equipment for similar prices.  They see people zealously defending next-gen corners with insults and flamewars.  We can hate them all we want for what they are, but they are hardly the first grave robbers.  We can only hope they will be the last.
 

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Re: Takers - One Woman's Opinion of the Amiga Mini
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2012, 07:06:20 PM »
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CUSA hasn't "taken" anything from the "community". All they've done is used the brand to market Linux PC's and rolled out a fork of the Linux Mint distribution which is a fork of the Ubuntu distribution which is a fork of the Debian distribution. This has absolutely zero negative impact on the retro hobbyist interested in classic Amigas, Amiga emulation (both hardware and software) and NG Amiga systems.

If one is upset with what is being done with the brand identity, it doesn't make sense to blame CUSA. When a dog takes a crap in your front yard, do you blame the dog? Of course not, you blame the owner for not controlling their animal. If you're pissed about a check mark logo with the label "Amiga" carved into the case of a Linux PC, blame Amiga, Inc, they're the owner of the brand identity.


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Re: Takers - One Woman's Opinion of the Amiga Mini
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2012, 07:55:23 PM »
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...with the relevant Amiga parties including Jerri Elsworth and Aeon...


Umm...are those the only relevant Amiga parties out there?
 

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Re: Takers - One Woman's Opinion of the Amiga Mini
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2012, 03:55:13 AM »
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Care to explain yourself? I have no idea what you're trying to convey here.


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