@haywirepc/Steven
At the expense of feeding a troll…and let’s face it….you are one….let’s talk about YOUR ISSUES.
I really don't understand why you have this personal vendetta against us. As though we have done something to you personally. I am trying to figure out the psychology of your endless and rather pointless trolling. Is it jealousy? Is it mother issues? What is it that compels you to behave in this fashion? To launch such vehement attacks against us so often? Because we have somehow bruised your sensibilities? Because we're not doing it your way? All I can think is, that you're just a little too sensitive or have crazy high expectations. All we're trying to do is get our business going, but I guess nothing will ever be good enough for you. We’ve made mistakes, sure. But something about the brands is making you act obsessively crazy in regard to us. This is pretty clear to any observer.
First of all, your the only known buyer of the cybernet zpc with a commodore sticker slapped on it that we know of, and you ended up
being the new "Chief technical officer" of this "company" which is a voicemail box at someone's house. That fact alone makes me laugh
everytime I hear anything from you.
I had enough enthusiasm to get a Phoenix as soon as it was available. If it hadn’t have arrived and I wasn’t happy with it would I still be talking about the company favourably? I contacted Commodore USA with advice regarding technology and strategy. That, my efforts behind the scenes, my rapport with Barry, and my enthusiasm for the company, and my qualifications, led to me being offered a position. You question my involvement as though it would be better if a troll was in charge of technology?
As for the phone, well, you gotta start somewhere. Were you expecting a call center already? Do Hyperion have a contact number? Do MorphOS team? I wonder.
Did you get swept up in the Commodore name and not realise we’re a start up? We never suggested we were anything else.
Second of all, they already announced several other products that they backpedaled on and never released. All those products were someone else's computer with a new fancy name and a commodore sticker slapped on them. All those products dissapeared from the website without any explanation.
It is totally within our rights to remove items from our website as you would from any store font. You make it seem like we've committed a crime or something. A website is like a regular shop, and like any vendor we reserve the right to remove products whenever we please. My goodness, I have never heard such whining over such nonsense before. Like we owe you an explanation for something we didn't even put for sale on the market. But here it is anyway for your edification. What happened is that we reassessed the products and the market for them and reacted accordingly by removing them from our site. They may come back when/if we want to sell them. Most normal people don't care at all. You sir, are not normal, to put it kindly.
Secondly, of course these products are manufactured by others, just as most consumer electronics are. We don’t hide that fact, and have the companies displayed prominently on our strategic partner page. We will have a degree of exclusivity in certain markets on some products and on others absolute exclusivity in most regions. Why must all hardware be built from scratch? That kind of mentality gets you into a never ending beta-testing cycle, which sounds strangely familiar. No thanks. This method suits us, even if it doesn’t suit you.
You made announcements claiming you had a 30 million dollar advertising budget and that ads would be on national televsion by the holidays.
Yeah, sorry your highness. We weren't able to get the C64x ready in time for Christmas as we hoped, so why on earth would we advertise. Oh well, I guess you'll have to wait. What a crime! I’ve never heard of a company missing a schedule in this Amiga sphere.
As for the advertising budget...that is projected over a number of years of course, and while the number may sound obscene it is actually par for the course.
Don't assume that anyone here wants to hear your bullshit.
Don't assume it's bullshit, but I guess you’re not one that will ever be convinced. I wrote a few lines on this forum bearing our licensed Amiga name. We have every right to post here, as I have personally for the last several years. I fail to understand why we cannot be treated with the same courtesy as any other project, or have things devolved on A.org to the point that this is now the standard treatment.
Also, we’re not trying to do the impossible you know. We're going to try to sell PCs, and from the requests and interest we have seen so far, we've got a good shot at doing well. From our point of view things are moving way too fast behind the scenes..lots and lots of things to sort out in terms of infrastructure..but you seem to think they're moving too slow. Oh well. Rome was not built in a day.
We’ve stated several times that Workbench is a Linux distro, so why must you assume it is going to be much more at this stage. We need to get to market quickly. We’ve hardly got a tonne of proprietary stuff we could put on top of it right out the gate. Let’s see what this evolves into. It’s merely a beginning. It’s your expectations that are a little high, and you’re attacking us based on those high expectations. Why can’t you see this for the fun thing it is? You’re such a killjoy.
Ship some products and stop talking and making announcements.
So everyone must do everything you say. A post or two a month and you're getting your knickers in a knot.
Making a noise is something all businesses must do. If you don't want to hear it then I suggest you just avoid it. We've only had the brands for 3 months. Did you expect a revolution already?
Your ceo threatened to sue osnews.com for stating facts
No, he did more than just state facts. Based on merely a poorly designed website he went on the verge of defamation. Sorry it can't all be perfect from day one, but that doesn't make us a scam. Everyone who has bought a product has had the goods shipped to my knowledge, including myself. The store is closed for the moment, so we aren't taking anyone's money until we have our new products ready. And if that takes time, then I don’t know why you should care, as you aren’t in the market for our products anyway.
Gee I don't remember seeing any commodore ads... Oh thats right your own ad agency said they didn't even start filming anything yet.
Our advertising agency is far too professional to give information over the phone about clients and were forewarned about fans. You have to be lying about talking to them. We’ve seen a tonne of concept videos and advertising pitches and we’re actually scurrying to get some TV spots (in a certain region) quite soon. We’re getting ourselves ready for an advertising push in late March. Sorry we can't work to your schedule, but it is actually *our* money we're spending. But I guess a little patience is too much to ask.
