Ryan Czerwinski interviewed by Amigaworld.org

[Blomberg]

Amigaworld.org has interviewed Ryan Czerwinski on what's going on with Merlancia and the upcoming AmigaMCC's.

[Wilse]

Decent interview but I'll believe it when I see it.

[Framiga]

. . . yes but less the one milion dollar question: (with the related answer)

Which OSs will run on that machines?

Ciao

[Bobsonsirjonny]

Well it'st the 1st of September on Monday - so I guess all will be revealed that week. September was the release date right?

[lempkee]

september means sometime in september.

anyway i would love to see this thing , but still nothing said about which os it will run.

and that stuff about x86 gives me the creeps.

cheers

[JoannaK]

(note.. this is all theorethical.. until I see those machines up and
running and delivered.)

Well.. for X86 there are 3 alternativies, assuming it even tries to be
something Amiga.like.

- Linux + AMigaDE
- Amithlon
- Aros

I do assume (hope) it ain't another windowse-PC.

[Hooligan_DCS]

Lets cut it to one:

Linux+AmigaDE = nothing Amiga there.
AROS = Not ready to be used as an OS

so.. we have Amithlon. What was the legal status of Amithlon once again?

[bhoggett]

@Hooligan_DCS

so.. we have Amithlon. What was the legal status of Amithlon once again?

No real chance of that, though Ryan & Co might not realise it.  After the licensing dispute, Amiga Inc aren't going to license their name to systems distributed with the H&P package, and any attempt by anyone else to sell any re-packaged version would be met by a very quick injunction, even if they negotiated a separate license agreement with Amiga Inc.

Personally, given his record, I'm afraid amigaworld.org have wasted their time giving way too much airtime to a juvenile attention-seeking conman.

Frankly, I'd buy Amiga Inc coupons before I'd send a company like Merlancia any of my money.

[vortexau]

Thanks to rayt for THIS link! Ryan is revealed as being born in 1982.

I ended up at Myths & Legends of Merlancia which goes into detail about Merlancia's Amiga Active Magazine Advertisements, and Amiga Active's August 2001 article on Merlancia.

I was able to find my copy (issue 23) and dove into it as the site's mp3's downloaded!
(A word of warning for those with Dial-up -- lies.mp3 is 2.9Kb, and secretagentman.mp3 is 4.4Kb!)

On page 36 (AA issue 23) Ryan says:

I was a part of Plainview Electronic Design, an industrial product supplier and design firm, founded in 1977/78. I was Vice President of Hardware Design as well as co-founder. The President (other co-founder) took a larger cut out of the profits, so I left the company and started to work under the new name of Merlancia Design LLC.

Wonder if Ryan had been born by THIS stage? :-)
Later on, he starts to drop the names of Harv Laser, Malcolm Brenner, Chris Aldi, David Crewford, and Dave Haynie who (he says) is his CTO!

A bit later, he speaks of Spielberg saying:

Ah, if you knew Steven, like I know Steven... Actually, we are expecting good relations with Spielberg Studios, as they have used Amiga systems in the past, but ILM is another matter.

In the piece on page 10, both the Zico specification, and bplan's PegaSOS PowerPC motherboard are mentioned . . . . having a bet BOTH ways? He also reckons that Jens Schoenfield will provide the "CLeo controller device" (a condensed Catweasel?) for Amiga native floppy disk access!

I think Ryan should become a Science Fiction writer -- look HOW FAR L. Ron Hubbard went! :lol:

[Kronos]

@vorteaux

Well atleast Dave Haynie worked for Merlancia at some time.

Wether this included getting paid ia another matter  ;-)  :-o  :-x  :-P

[Xand]

I emailed Merlancia. The answer for OS From RC himself...

"There will be a selection to choose from for each model. The list
will be published shortly before the official release of the MCC
1000."

[bloodline]

I notice that Ryan has dropped the "Dr" now, I wanter what happened to his Phd? ;-)

[Marky_D_Sahd]

So, what we have then is a computer with no final specs yet, nothing photographable, no set OS and a vastly different CPU per model, but it will be available in a couple of weeks, right?

mmmmm.  I thinks I be gettin' a case o' the VAPORs

[logicalheart]

I'm guessing it is just another trick at trying to lure more investors.

[MarkTime]

I won't believe it, until its released.  Won't care after that.

Would never purchase one, even if they sold well.

The fact is, you don't trust a dishonest person.
People who trust dishonest people, well I call them fools.

Has there ever been an apology for passing off his (at the time) two person operation as an international engineering firm?

He obviously is more than a simple hoax, its been verified he did purchase the mcc design, and it seems, then that he is serious about doing something in this community, heck, he may even have the right to call his computer 'Amiga'...which is a unique position.

But, no way, would I buy an Athlon XP from him, when there are established, reputable, honest firms that sell Athlon XP's.

Does anyone really think their investment will be supported a year from now, two years from now?

its up to each person, but I suggest caution.