CommodoreUSA CEO Interview Answers

[dammy]

Leaving users without software and hardware support is again not only immoral but breaking the customer protection laws anywhere in civilized world.

Then you should be glad to be told you are wrong.  Tech support is given for hardware and COS.  I've been in the office when a C=USA customer calls up and is walked through a resolution of his tech problem.  Leo is online and answers many a COS or tech question from emails and on commodore-amiga.org posts.

Now will you admit your wrong?

[dammy]

First day CUSA admits some mistakes and call them not trivial.
Now using Barry tactics, I might be wrong for not knowing what you have seen, but it doesn`t matter anyway
because I have a licence to vox name.

Huh?

Barry said in interview its all up to licencee. Even the software part "because Microsoft also does the same". Its good there is a Leo from Australia pretending to be support, since he is litterate and Barry to chat on the phone.
But again, there is more serious ways to setup the business.

And software support is updates and drivers. Without Linux mint team and with millions of possible driver combinations ...

Correct, for those who buy a barebones system and install whatever CPU/Mobo/GPU/PSU they want, they are deal with the headaches.  It would not be reasonable if someone installs whatever hardware for C=USA to have to support it, as it needs to be the retailer since they are the ones who bought the hardware and have access to warranties.   As an example, let us say someone bought a new Commodore Amiga 1000X barebones model and sold it with a SAM460 installed in it.  No way C=USA is going to be able to give support, it would be the retailer who assembled it would be the one providing support.  You have a issue with this or is it just a convenient excuse to troll against C=USA?

[dammy]

You know perfectly well that those are not the people Vox is talking about.  Well done for avoiding the "support" issue.  Mind you, even when we do back you into a corner you'll simply give the standard "Don't know why you're asking me, I don't work for C-USA" reply as per your orders.

Please, stop your whining already Darrin.  There is phone support and online forum support for C=USA products.   Funny, you don't like the answer I give, then you say I'm avoiding the question because it doesn't fit your template of bashing C=USA.

[dammy]

This CUSA stuff is so 2010 (or was it 2009?)  Let's move on to something more interesting.

Feel free to stop posting in C=USA threads then if you find it so uninteresting.

[dammy]

You mean CUSA hasn't folded yet?!

Nope.

[dammy]

At some point they will hit the end of the faux retro market, but nobody know how deep that market is.  It's most certainly larger than the classic Amiga market, but all anyone can do is throw out numbers, a hundred thousand?  Half a million?  A million?  If it's on the million side they might go for years before hitting the wall.

The Commodore name is a dual edge sword.  For every one person that remembers it fondly there's at least another one or two that remember it as cheap plastic crap.

That is where you are wrong on two points.  One, this is not cheap plastic crap, they are pushing for reasonable quality hardware.  The other point your wrong on, there is much more then double digit number of C=USA haters online vs the world who remembers C='s name.  One of the biggest problems for the online C=USA hater's have is getting their head around, AO/AWN isn't the whole world nor a significant portion of the whole world.

[dammy]

Funny, isn't it? They claim they'll do anything the community asks (AKA Community Challenge) and yet can't make a decision as simple as that...

Funny, the Amiga online community couldn't get 500 people to agree on a specific item for C=USA to make for them but you complain about C=USA holding off on making a decision on AF?

IMO, C=USA should include AF in the installed COS systems.

[dammy]

I don't know of any group that size or large that could agree on anything. I know it has not happened in any organizations or clubs I've been a member of.

Then the community needs to get a petition together asking C=USA to lower the required number of units.  Five hundred is not that significant number of units, it speaks volumes on the real world potential market strength of the online Amiga community.

[dammy]

With 500 people putting money forward we could do something ourselves.

Then why isn't it being done by yourselves?

[dammy]

Unless you own one, bought with your own money, you are getting very redundant around here doing the dog and pony show for them, Dammy.

Vs you all's trolling and libel?

[dammy]

I don't believe they sold 10,000. Just my opinion, remember when Dammy said they sold over 100,000? My best guess is they sold 20-100 tops and that is beng generous. That's why no inject molding Amiga replica cases.

I know I'm getting old, but I don't remember saying that.  URL?

[dammy]

Perhaps it was this?



source

#6

Alright, I'm getting old.

Thanks

Edit: http://www.commodore-amiga.org/en/forum/2-welcome-mat/14621-pic-of-amiga-mini-in-production

[dammy]

Welcome. btw, same thread you said:




Yet in the Q/A, we have official confirmation that no talks took place.
I'm guessing your source at the time was probably not Barry. Heh.

#6

Just went by what Leo told me.

[dammy]

Same old excuse, it is always someone else's fault.

So are you confirming that Leo is a liar?  Thanks.  We'll save this quote too under "Dammy confirms that C-USA CTO spreads lies".

Cheers.

Damn you are a nasty person so no, that is not correct.