@ HMetal
The key here is in Buck's recent postings are from an old e-mail dialog he posted, where he says "we will use the Amiga community as early adopters." Key word -> USE.
How naive do you really think we are? Look at Amiga Inc; why were they interested in the Amiga brand from the beginning? They had *exactly the same* motives as Genesi, but I mean, their primary product (Amiga DE or whatever it is called today) has NOTHING to do with Amiga as the community knows it!
I am one of the "Early Adopter" community members who bought myself a Pegasos (and I paid the full price and I am still happy about that :-)). I'll tell you what, I DON'T FEEL USED. I got what I wanted for such a long time, a brand new, NG Amiga system (without the name, but everything else)!
Now ask yourself this, how do you think that most of the community members that bought the $50 coupon feels? How do you think that Peck et al feels? How do you think that everyone that put trust and hope to Amiga Inc feels today?
BTW, it will be interesting to read the show reports from the AmiWest show. I guess *a lot* of people have *a lot* of questions to ask Bill McEwen, President/CEO Amiga, Inc. He IS coming, right? It was his initiative to put that message on the amiga.com site, and not someone elses?