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Re: Global Re-launch of COMMODORE by Tulip Confirmed
« on: July 13, 2003, 07:50:39 PM »
Methinks Tulip-USA is getting hit with a DDOS attack; the page has been inacessable (HTTP: 501 Too Many Users) all day.

Wouldn't surprise me if the C= fanbase banded together and did this, not one single bit...
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Re: Global Re-launch of COMMODORE by Tulip Confirmed
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2003, 04:06:13 AM »
I just got to the page.  What a bunch of sad bastards.  This would be like me and a few venture (no pun intended to the next statement) capitalists getting together to fund a return of the Exidy Sorcerer II home computer!

It'd be laughable if it didn't mean quite a few things:

Endangerment of the WHEELS O/S (a GUI based OS for the C64, complete with web-browser and TCP/IP stack that works through a cartridge-port NIC).

Endangerment of the Commodore One

Endangerment of those 300+ websites archiving tons and tons of software that otherwise would've gone the way of bit rot.

What sane person would pay to play "Save New York" or "Dino Eggs" or "Gunship" or "Temple of Apshai" when all they want to do is have a bash at games that are going on 25 years old?  I mean, really.

Well, I'm sure they'll try to extract their pound of flesh.  I just hope Jeri's project survives.  Hell, I hope Tulip buys a clue and realizes what the CommodoreOne can/could mean and fronts Jeri a crapload of money and makes her the chief engineer!
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Re: Global Re-launch of COMMODORE by Tulip Confirmed
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2003, 12:56:32 AM »
Trevor's right on with them copying the MS anti-piracy logo; furthermore, the C64 shipped with MS BASIC in ROM - I'd imagine MS would have quite a bit to say about that being redistributed without permission!
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