C=usa. A peaceful solution?

[kedawa]

Come on guys, how can you be so hard on a company that includes a postion of employment with every computer it sells?  In this economy, that's really something that can set a company apart from its competitors.  That's real value added right there.

I don't really need another x86 box, but I am looking for a job.
If anyone from CUSA is reading this, I'd just like you to know that I'm fully versed in not only copying, but also pasting, and I have Paint.net installed on my PC and I'm pretty good at removing watermarks and other pesky bits from images.  I have some real Amiga hardware that I can look at and compare to present off-the-shelf cases, and I totally know what Workbench is.

[runequester]

Come on guys, how can you be so hard on a company that includes a postion of employment with every computer it sells?  In this economy, that's really something that can set a company apart from its competitors.  That's real value added right there.

I don't really need another x86 box, but I am looking for a job.
If anyone from CUSA is reading this, I'd just like you to know that I'm fully versed in not only copying, but also pasting, and I have Paint.net installed on my PC and I'm pretty good at removing watermarks and other pesky bits from images.  I have some real Amiga hardware that I can look at and compare to present off-the-shelf cases, and I totally know what Workbench is.

You're probably overqualified

[commodorejohn]

Come on guys, how can you be so hard on a company that includes a postion of employment with every computer it sells?  In this economy, that's really something that can set a company apart from its competitors.  That's real value added right there.

I don't really need another x86 box, but I am looking for a job.
If anyone from CUSA is reading this, I'd just like you to know that I'm fully versed in not only copying, but also pasting, and I have Paint.net installed on my PC and I'm pretty good at removing watermarks and other pesky bits from images.  I have some real Amiga hardware that I can look at and compare to present off-the-shelf cases, and I totally know what Workbench is.

You, sir, win. Please find enclosed one (1) complementary Internets.

[cha05e90]

come on guys, how can you be so hard on a company that includes a postion of employment with every computer it sells?  In this economy, that's really something that can set a company apart from its competitors.  That's real value added right there.

I don't really need another x86 box, but i am looking for a job.
If anyone from cusa is reading this, i'd just like you to know that i'm fully versed in not only copying, but also pasting, and i have paint.net installed on my pc and i'm pretty good at removing watermarks and other pesky bits from images.  I have some real amiga hardware that i can look at and compare to present off-the-shelf cases, and i totally know what workbench is.

+1

:-)

[cha05e90]

When I think of an OS now I thinki of virtualization, I think of the computing cloud etc..

Fashion victim. ;-)

[Amiga_Nut]

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?

I guess i'm hinting that maybe if enough people choose AROS we could maybe start an online petition to force them to change it (assuming everyone would buy it). If enough people were to sign it then they will have no choice.

I think maybe this idea may be irrelevant but it's better than simply causing trouble on facebook and being hostile in general towards C=usa.

For my 2 cents i think they are geniune but misguided. I mean, do we really need another AOS4.x themed Ubuntu?

Erm if they used AROS AND they paid something back to the AROS programmers etc then maybe, but if they are using AROS to make a profit then no sale here

I already have more 'commodore looking' cases bookmarked and also know how to download and install a free OS lol

[Amiga_Nut]

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.

C= USA are trying to rope people into believing they have a true successor to the classic Amigas, hence the flashy websites for them and no hard sell/flashy OTT websites for people honestly selling AROS machines

[Terminills]

Erm if they used AROS AND they paid something back to the AROS programmers etc then maybe, but if they are using AROS to make a profit then no sale here

I already have more 'commodore looking' cases bookmarked and also know how to download and install a free OS lol

Out of curiousity how much have you paid into Aros development?

I know how much I have

[Amiga_Nut]

Are you joking? aros has nothing to do with amiga..just another tangent we dont need. As for C= usa, no matter what the call workbench 5 its not.They just put out screwball products and ride on the names commodore and amiga to sell products.If they both went away things would be better.

Why is it not needed?!?!!? AROS is the ONLY x86 based Amiga OS we have....and seeing how pathetic price/performance is on PPC stuff it's a bloody good thing and all.

[dammy]

Out of curiousity how much have you paid into Aros development?

I know how much I have

It's far easier to tell others what they must spend on something then actually shelling out money of your own pocket, repeatedly.   The old, "Do as I say and not as I do." thing.

[commodorejohn]

When I think of an OS now I thinki of virtualization, I think of the computing cloud etc..

Fashion victim. ;-)

Man, I didn't want to say it, but yeah. I understand that distributed computing has its applications, like providing reliable large-scale computing power for organizations like Google and such. But so very many people talk about it like some kind of magical computer genie that's going to provide limitless power to everyone in the immediate future, where every computer is just a screen with an Ethernet connector that jacks into The Cloud (the capital letters mean it's Important.)

Even if that were likely to happen, it would still require a reliable high-speed Internet connection. That's the problem with any dumb terminal/server setup - the minute the connection goes down, it's completely useless. We spent all of modern computing history moving away from that model, and now people rhapsodize about it like it's the best idea ever. This? This is what reading Wired does to people.

[kedawa]

Cloud computing changes nothing on the client side of things.  It doesn't enable any services that centralized servers can't already handle.  I'm not sure why marketing drones have latched onto it, but it's really annoying to hear it talked up as some revolutionary paradigm shift in computing when it's really nothing more than a distributed server configuration.

[tone007]

when it's really nothing more than a distributed server configuration.

..that doesn't require you to invest in server hardware or maintenance and the staff required to handle it.

I'm no huge fan myself (making my career as a system administrator,) but it definitely does have benefits for companies not wanting to mess with hardware.

[nicholas]

Out of curiousity how much have you paid into Aros development?

I know how much I have

"AROS: Funded by pornographers"

Classy.

[Terminills]

"AROS: Funded by pornographers"

Classy.

Ahh I haven't made money on the porn in years

PS. That being said I do still own roughly 12 domains :-P

[dammy]

"AROS: Funded by pornographers"

Classy.

I don't think "Dr." Ryan ever donated to AROS funding from his Amiga porn flicks.