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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2011, 06:05:48 AM »
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FYI you can buy pre-installed AROS pc's /right now/ and from people who are already contributing to AROS, and will continue to do so.
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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2011, 06:15:34 AM »
Really? Where? How much do they cost?

Where is the marketing campaign? Not good business sense at all :(

Maybe C=usa and these people making pre-installed Aros machines should join forces? I mean, C=usa even have a flashy website! More than what i can say for Hyperion and Amiga Inc. TBH i think the black cases are really cool. Ditch the tacky C64.
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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2011, 06:27:46 AM »
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C=usa even have a flashy website! More than what i can say for Hyperion and Amiga Inc. TBH i think the black cases are really cool. Ditch the tacky C64.


Flashy websites... Black cases are really cool... :confused:

You're easily impressed Kesa... :(

Maybe it's time I made my website flashy and buy a load of "cool" empty black cases, looks like there might be a market for them... :lol:
 

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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #17 on: January 25, 2011, 06:29:32 AM »
iMica and aresone by clusteruk and phoenixkonsole respectively. As for business sense, I think most people are aware of the machines, although theyre more fan based projects by people who have a heavy interest in AROS than fully fledged big businesses. That said however the feedback by people who have bought them seems to be good, and they both have good reputations for after sales support. Both have also contributed a lot to AROS in general.
While I've built my own AROS machines over the years and arent really the sort of person to buy pre-assembled systems I must admit I do quite like the iMica silent machine, it looks quite nice, is tiny, and as the name suggests, is completely silent.
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Near as I can tell this is where I write something under the guise of being innocuous, but really its a pot shot at another persons/peoples choice of Amiga based systems. Unfortunately only I cant see how transparent and petty it makes me look.
 

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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #18 on: January 25, 2011, 06:30:16 AM »
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Really? Where? How much do they cost?

Where is the marketing campaign? Not good business sense at all :(

Maybe C=usa and these people making pre-installed Aros machines should join forces? I mean, C=usa even have a flashy website! More than what i can say for Hyperion and Amiga Inc. TBH i think the black cases are really cool. Ditch the tacky C64.


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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2011, 06:31:54 AM »
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Flashy websites... Black cases are really cool... :confused:

You're easily impressed Kesa... :(

Maybe it's time I made my website flashy and buy a load of "cool" empty  black cases, looks like there might be a market for them... :lol:

Maybe. But if the alternative is using the hat in your avatar i think i will stick with the plain black case thank you very much :)

As for your website you could start by adding lots of flashing lights :)
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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2011, 06:35:27 AM »
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Maybe. But if the alternative is using the hat in your avatar i think i will stick with the plain black case thank you very much :)

What d'ya mean, that hat contains more genuine Commodore stuff than anything CUSA has to offer... :lol:

(Plus I'ts handy for catching squirrels in... :))

(PS: with you being in charge of that spelling club thingy you should know that when you say "i" (meaning yourself) you should use a capital i and not a lowercase one, silly billy... ;))
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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2011, 06:39:27 AM »
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What d'ya mean, that hat contains more genuine Commodore stuff than anything CUSA has to offer... :lol:

(Plus I'ts handy for catching squirrels in... :))

*Ahem* It's not I'ts

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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2011, 06:41:54 AM »
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*Ahem* It's not I'ts

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OOOps... Typo, It's 6:40am here and I haven't slept for two days plus me meds are wearing of and I've just farted... :)
 

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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2011, 06:42:05 AM »
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(PS: with you being in charge of that spelling club thingy you should know that when you say "i" (meaning yourself) you should use a capital i and not a lowercase one, silly billy... ;))

No that's English English. On Amiga.org we use Amigan English, silly billy... ;)
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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2011, 06:43:37 AM »
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OOOps... Typo, It's 6:40am here and I haven't slept for two days plus me meds are wearing of and I've just farted... :)

*Ahem* off not of

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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #25 on: January 25, 2011, 06:45:37 AM »
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No that's English English. On Amiga.org we use Amigan English, silly billy... ;)

Well I think it's time we used Scottish instead, a much clearer and straight to the point language if you ask me (even though you didn't)... ;)

(awa n bile yer heed ya bamstick ye... :))

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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #26 on: January 25, 2011, 07:10:07 AM »
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My question is if Commodoreusa were to use AROS instead of using a Linux distro for Workbench5 would this change your mind about their product/company?


No. Commodore USA is another vapourware company similar to the famous iWin (anyone remembers?). They will produce nothing and will be forgotten in a year.
 

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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #27 on: January 25, 2011, 08:37:07 AM »
AresOne
http://www.vesalia.de/e_aresone2011.htm

What even funnier is that in this thread he was considering offering the system in familiar case.
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=32919&forum=28#593752

iMica
http://www.clusteruk.com/

So I think anyone who wants an x86 Aros powered computer has no excuse.

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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #28 on: January 25, 2011, 10:54:26 AM »
I voted pancakes.

Grab a still known brand name, make that two, Commodore and Amiga which people who are a still nostalgic about the C=64 and Amiga platforms and have a little extra surplus cash to spend on some instant gratification.

The easiest way to do this is to get some cheap existing hardware from China and bumb the price up to make your ROI even nicer.

From what I have seen, C= USA are only interested in making money and the Commodore and Amiga name really only comes into the equation in that it will, they hope, help them make that money. I don't think they have really thought much beyond some easy money and I don't think they really think anything bad or good about the existing Commodore/Amiga scenes and users out there. Well, not initially except as potential buyers of the rebadged hardware.

If that was the case, with all the mud being flung around now, I would guess they don't have the most fondness of attitudes towards the already existing Commodore/Amiga scenes due to the animosity being sent their way by it and the negative publicity it has generated when people have called them out on some dubious styled 'advertising' and quotes.

Basically, I don't think they meant and bad towards the existing scene but I highly doubt they meant to do much for it either and are just after the money they hoped to get from the retro craze which has become popular and people wishing to relive their childhoods. I would also guess that as long as it didn't cause them to many problems, they would not have been to concerned if it did screw over the existing efforts (AmigaOS4, MorphOS and AORS) while achieving their goals and again, if it helped the existing scene as a side affect without any skin off their nose, I doubt they would have begrudged it that either. After all, it would end up helping them in the end anyway.
 

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Re: C=usa. A peaceful solution?
« Reply #29 from previous page: January 25, 2011, 01:08:11 PM »
Aros pancakes! :D

Seriously, though. as much as I respect Hyperion for doing an amazing job on OS 4, there is very little future for the Amiga platform if it remains closed.

We're down to a few thousand hobbyists now, and I doubt there's enough of a market left for commercial development.
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