CommodoreUSA Partners with Disney

[Franko]

@ swoslover

I was only grumpy cos on Thurday a woman nearly pocked me ruddy eye out on Princess Street with her brolly and it wasn't even raining, so as you're from Auld Reekie I thought I'd have wee moan at you...

[WolfToTheMoon]

A business model based on nostalgia that might sell 10k units of the C64x, if it's lucky, is not enough to kickstart new OS development.

well, based on what I know, they have already sold more then that.

Nor can such a model guarantee a sufficiently large enough ROI to justify investment in new OS development.

Strange since Hyperion seems to be managing that with a lot smaller resources. OK, maybe I haven't shown the best example in favor of that strategy

[Franko]

Ach... anyway... bollox to all this CUSA crap, may as well follow their example and place a shameless plug for me new world exclusive covertly filmed video here (it's got fake Commodore logo's bought from ebay so that should make it ligit...)

[youtube]dU94T6KZnSg[/youtube]

[motrucker]

Gawd...

That's Disney on me hit list now... :flak:

(wonder if all their old miggies that they bought back in the 90's have broken down... they could've bought some nice ones on eBay recently... cheap at twice the price)...

Now where'd I leave that Mickey Mouse trap...

Poor old Walt must be spinning in his grave. These days Disney stands for bad movies, bad TV, and bad noise (they have the gall to call it "music"). The only thing Disney has done worth while in many moons was their Animation Kit software package for the Amiga.
I guess "Commodore" is getting a good sized influx of cash for this deal...

[commodorejohn]

The only thing Disney has done worth while in many moons was their Animation Kit software package for the Amiga.

Well, there was The Emperor's New Groove...that movie was so much better than the entire rest of their post-1994 output it's not even funny, except that it is, in fact, funny as hell.

[magnetic]

franko

Get a real life.. why dont you do something productive with your time? No wonder you cant find a girl. YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE HOUSE FOR THAT

[Karlos]

FFS guys, a bit less personal, if you please.

[A1260]

Ach... anyway... bollox to all this CUSA crap, may as well follow their example and place a shameless plug for me new world exclusive covertly filmed video here (it's got fake Commodore logo's bought from ebay so that should make it ligit...)

[youtube]dU94T6KZnSg[/youtube]

:lol:

[kedawa]

I'm actually somewhat interested in the C64x shell, but only if the price is right.

To be honest, aside from releasing all Amiga IP into the public domain, nothing any company does is going to help the community.

The only worthwhile efforts in the Amiga world right now are grassroots projects like AROS and FPGA clone hardware.

[magnetic]

Karlos

Sorry man just so tired of these ppl slagging off Cusa, THEY HAVE DONE MORE THAN ANY AMIGA OR COMMODORE COMPANY SINCE 1994!

[kedawa]

They've done stuff with the brand name and made a neat case, but none of it has advanced the state of the platform one iota.

[commodorejohn]

To be honest, aside from releasing all Amiga IP into the public domain, nothing any company does is going to help the community.

The only worthwhile efforts in the Amiga world right now are grassroots projects like AROS and FPGA clone hardware.

This.

[dammy]

They've done stuff with the brand name and made a neat case, but none of it has advanced the state of the platform one iota.

They haven't even officially launched the C64x yet, that's Tuesday.  Hardware won't be on the shelves for a couple more weeks after the official launch.  Wait till we see the app store for the C64x, then start talking of what they have and have not done for the C64 software.  It will be interesting to see what new C64 software becomes available in the coming months from bedroom coders.

[runequester]

Karlos
 
Sorry man just so tired of these ppl slagging off Cusa, THEY HAVE DONE MORE THAN ANY AMIGA OR COMMODORE COMPANY SINCE 1994!

Releasing no hardware and no software to date means they've done as much as everybody else has.
 
Heck, I've done as much for the amiga, as they have, at this point (that would be nothing, btw)
 
 
When they ship product, then we'll talk again. Their people say that is soon, so we'll all know what's going on.
 

They've done stuff with the brand name and made a neat case, but none of it has advanced the state of the platform one iota.

At this point, I don't know if the platform can be advanced in any meaningful way. I also don't know if it should.

[Franko]

Well it's a few minutes till WrestleMania 27 kicks of, got meself a nice big Vindaloo, tons of sweet, crisps and juice all ready for a marathon 4 hour stint of boo's & cheers, goodies and baddies, fakes, frauds & fixes one half of the crown supporting the blue corner the other the red, pacts being made and broken, backstabbing, infighting, fun & laughter, good bits, boring bits and general downright nonsense where despite being glued to it for the four hours we already know the outcome cos it's all a fix...

Hmm... kinda reminds me of something else I look at for hours... wonder what that could be...

(Peace on you for the next 4 hours... )

[Digiman]

They haven't even officially launched the C64x yet, that's Tuesday.  Hardware won't be on the shelves for a couple more weeks after the official launch.  Wait till we see the app store for the C64x, then start talking of what they have and have not done for the C64 software.  It will be interesting to see what new C64 software becomes available in the coming months from bedroom coders.

Did Fake Commodore write VICE? No!

So don't give me such bullshit, I have been involved in real C64 software for a decade and you fancy Linux PC makes no difference to people like me OR ANYONE ELSE. VICE emulator or others have been around for 15 years now.

And stop inferring your pissant company is going to write a new Amiga compatible OS a la AROS for your x86 'Amiga' machines too please.