Amiga.org Exclusive Interview with the CEO of CommodoreUSA

[number6]

That is what ya get when people are asking long answered questions.  IMO, it should have been up to the staff to select a number of questions to be submitted to Barry and allow Barry to answer a portion.

From post #1 stating the purpose, I don't see where anyone dismissed that idea.
"Please send over the questions. Include every possible topic you want."
To me this means staff would send to Barry what "they want".
That notion does not negate what Barry stated either.
"I will answer EVERY question submitted, no exceptions, and absolutely nothing is off the table."
This means all questions "sent by staff" will be answered.

#6

[dammy]

From post #1 stating the purpose, I don't see where anyone dismissed that idea.
"Please send over the questions. Include every possible topic you want."
To me this means staff would send to Barry what "they want".
That notion does not negate what Barry stated either.
"I will answer EVERY question submitted, no exceptions, and absolutely nothing is off the table."
This means all questions "sent by staff" will be answered.

#6

To me it sounds like a free for all.

[dammy]

As you must surely know, Commodore Holdings B.V., the licensing arm of Asiarim, has been declared bankrupt.

It's a stretch, imo, to dismiss the issue of who can do what long term  until the lawsuit over the IP is resolved.

#6

IP ownership was determined last December in La Hague. Current lawsuit is a mop up operation that should be over by next Thursday, IIRC.

[number6]

To me it sounds like a free for all.

I agree. I'm just re-stating the relevant part of post #1. I'm not saying this will go well. Heh.

#6

[takemehomegrandma]

From post #1 stating the purpose, I don't see where anyone dismissed that idea.
"Please send over the questions. Include every possible topic you want."
To me this means staff would send to Barry what "they want".
That notion does not negate what Barry stated either.
"I will answer EVERY question submitted, no exceptions, and absolutely nothing is off the table."
This means all questions "sent by staff" will be answered.

#6

To me, it seems like a complete rip-off of AW.net's glory days, just past the exodus/split, when Mike Bouma, Mikey C et al held court, and would offer regular "question sessions" with their holiness Barry "Fleecy" Moss and McBill of Amiga Inc... :lol:

[number6]

IP ownership was determined last December in La Hague. Current lawsuit is a mop up operation that should be over by next Thursday, IIRC.

I prefer to keep discussion of that in the forum staff created for such talk. I have links there to the documentation. Each individual is free to draw his own conclusion when reading legal documentation.

#6

[cgutjahr]

Each individual is free to draw his own conclusion when reading legal documentation.

My personal rule of thumb is to always assume the opposite of what dammy claims to be true. I've been doing good so far.

[SysAdmin]

Only the best questions will be submitted to Barry.

[cgutjahr]

question, what will it take to make you go away?

That's a question that should be addressed at Transition. he's the one constantly pushing CUSA topics on here (always bypassing the sub forum created for CUSA topics, to make sure the drivel ends up on the front page), and he's the one initiating this 'interview' (LOL).

He probably realised that CUSA topics always end up in flamefests, and that flamefests increase the site traffic. What he doesn't realise is that beyond the short term gains, he's doing a lot of damage to the site and its community. Last time Wayne let things slip here (by giving Buck and his minions a free run, in exchange for a job at Genesi) it took the site years to recover.

[vox]

Only the best questions will be submitted to Barry.

Please let us know of the list of questions (incl. mentioned all and off the table ones) that has made it, as well as method of selection (quality analysis?).

Probably a numb answer (another way to say "C=USA has its own way") exists no matter what is the question, as well as many PR override to tricky questions, so there is a little hope interview would reveal anything new, stunning or honest.

[dammy]

My personal rule of thumb is to always assume the opposite of what dammy claims to be true. I've been doing good so far.

Such wit!  Such intelligence!  I stand before an intellectual giant among his peers.  Shall I continue heaping praise on you?

[dwaldrop]

Only the best questions will be submitted to Barry.

Would you be so kind as to post the questions that are selected when they are sent, please?  

This would let the A-org family know that the questions were sent as well as which ones were selected.

Thank you for your time and attention to this topic.

[Krischan76]

This whole thing here is such a farce. But a funny read anyway!

[edit] @cgutjahr: Wenn es dieser Blödsinn nicht auf die Titelseite von amiga-news.de schafft, dann weiß ich auch nicht! ;-)

[Copernicus]

This is my first post here so firstly i say hello to everyone.
Now lets get to the thing.

I understand that CUSA is profit-orienetd company, not charity etc. and as such needs to earn money.
That's absolutely fine and understandable. What i do not understand is CUSA's 'min effort - max profit' actions.

I would like to hear YES or NO answers to my questions only - to avoid hazy and evasive replies.

here we go:

1. Did Cusa try to talk to companies behind AmigaOS 4.1 and its hardware before starting
with its own a'la macmini - 'Amiga', with wallpapers a'la AmigaOS 4.1 to fool potential customers?

IF answered NO to above:
2. Does CUSA plan to cooperate with mentioned companies in order to develop 'old/new' system
as an alternative to presently existing ones (windows, linux, macosx etc)?

If answered YES to the above:
3. Does CUSA realise how painful, long and hard will be
this task - and in case of success - satisfactory?

I understand that our community is too small to keep few companies alive just from sales to it and therefore
CUSA needs to protect its incomes somewhere else.

4. Does CUSA have plans how to finance itself and possible AmigaOS4.+ development until it'll became profitable?

That's all what comes to my mind at the moment.
Thanks for you attention.

[WotTheFook]

Only the best questions will be submitted to Barry.

There you go again, with this pre-emptive censorship.

I fully expect that after your determination of the 'best' questions, Barry won't have anything challenging to answer at all, certainly nothing more challenging than "What day is it today?".

How are you going to determing 'best' - what criteria will determine a 'best question'; one that suits you and Barry, or one that actually addresses the issues raised in this thread?

Barry stated that  'all questions will be answered'; he set the ground rules for this, not you....if you change the rules to sanitise the questions, you are no better than politicians....

[Lando]

To me, it seems like a complete rip-off of AW.net's glory days, just past the exodus/split, when Mike Bouma, Mikey C et al held court, and would offer regular "question sessions" with their holiness Barry "Fleecy" Moss and McBill of Amiga Inc... :lol:

Oh but those "Ask Fleecy" sessions were absolutely priceless.  For comedy value alone.  They were made even more funny by the fact that some of the more ridiculous and incomprehensible answers were taken absolutely seriously by the faithful and discussed at length in the accompanying thread.

Bring back "Ask Fleecy" to amiga.org as a weekly "Ask Barry" that's what I say.