CommodoreUSA CEO Interview Answers

[SysAdmin]

So the solution is an easy one then. CUSA restarts Amithlon?

[desiv]

So the solution is an easy one then. CUSA restarts Amithlon?

They won't, but I like that idea..
Haven't used it yet, but the more I see/read about it, the more impressed I am.
And the more I'm disappointed about the way it fell apart..

Would it be an Amiga??
Who knows, but it would interest me....

I don't see it happening tho..

desiv

[Darrin]

So the solution is an easy one then. CUSA restarts Amithlon?

Yep, that would have worked a treat.  Amithlon, Bernielon, AmigaXL...  The major stumbling block seems to be them having to pay someone to do some work.

[EDanaII]

You know... that one of the things that puzzles me... why hasn't anyone started an open source version of Amithlon. I always thought of Amithlon as the way forward to x86. You have instant compatibility with old software and the means to convert everything to x86 over time. If only I had a clue how to do it...

[Digiman]

Why stick an "Amiga" sticker on a x86 computer running Linux?  It makes no sense now and never did.

To a business it makes sense (profit selling PCs with Amiga stickers - cost of licensing brand name).

What nobody here appreciates is the lies! Raping the Amiga brand is all C=USA will be doing until they go bankrupt with overpriced tat.

As for the 500 pre-sold finance [held in Escrow] well look I know companies that could recreate boxes/poly inserts/plastic case designs so if people even want that and will pay a deposit you just let me know fellow Amigans

[Digiman]

You know... that one of the things that puzzles me... why hasn't anyone started an open source version of Amithlon. I always thought of Amithlon as the way forward to x86. You have instant compatibility with old software and the means to convert everything to x86 over time. If only I had a clue how to do it...

I guess very few people know both Amiga and x86 Linux in such detail required to replicate Bernie's work in full.

[number6]

Yep, that would have worked a treat.  Amithlon, Bernielon, AmigaXL...  The major stumbling block seems to be them having to pay someone to do some work.

The major stumbling block would be running headlong into the AI/Hyperion settlement agreement once again.

#6

[Darrin]

The major stumbling block would be running headlong into the AI/Hyperion settlement agreement once again.

#6

Which leaves selling "Commodore" branded x86 boxes pre-installed with Linux and/or Windows and then selling Amithlon as additional software for their online shop for the user to install as an option.

[vox]

The major stumbling block would be running headlong into the AI/Hyperion settlement agreement once again.

#6

Not if you make some agreement / partnership with Hyperion that allows you to do so. So its not Hyperion that is "evil" but CUSA that knows or dont knows (by first AROS announcement) the limits of ther licence, and anyway dont want to invest and develop, which leaves them to just what they offer, and that is mostly overpriced what we all already have or can have (x86 with Linux and AF)

[number6]

Not if you make some agreement / partnership with Hyperion that allows you to do so. So its not Hyperion that is "evil" but CUSA that knows or dont knows (by first AROS announcement) the limits of ther licence, and anyway dont want to invest and develop, which leaves them to just what they offer, and that is mostly overpriced what we all already have or can have (x86 with Linux and AF)

You might want to read how Bernie describes the situation

in his own words

[Digiman]

If Hyperion were involved with Amithlon resurrection I would not purchase it. It is 100% their fault Amithlon died and why Bernie will never release source or update it ever IMO.

[Digiman]

You might want to read how Bernie describes the situation

in his own words

You might want to Google the interview he did just after Amithlon was removed from market.

[haywirepc]

Amithlon held such great promise. The amiga grave robbers killled it.

Its a shame... But you can't blame bernie, he had good intentions, nore can you expect him to pick up old code. It can't be open sourced unless os3.x is open sourced. Thats never going to happen and without that, it can't really move forward. So its stuck in amiga limbo like many great amiga might have beens.

[Methuselas]

You know... that one of the things that puzzles me... why hasn't anyone started an open source version of Amithlon. I always thought of Amithlon as the way forward to x86. You have instant compatibility with old software and the means to convert everything to x86 over time. If only I had a clue how to do it...

A *LOT* of the work Bernie did, including the "on the fly" ELF modules that made Amithlon  what it is, is closed sourced. Add in what H&P did to him, as well as Harald Frank, he's disgusted completely with Amigas and really wants nothing to do with them anymore.

Granted, this is off stuff from the dev groups and boards, from the 2001-2003 era. If they actually *PAID* him, he *MIGHT* do it, but I'm sure Hyperion would try and crush it, the moment they found out about it. The fallout with H&P is the fact he asked about ROM licenses, as well as one for 3.9, which they claimed they had, but in reality, never acquired from Amiga, Inc., hence all the turmoil.

[kedawa]

I wonder if CUSA customers would be interested in a DeLorean mini van, or maybe a Stradivarius guitar.

[wrath of khan]

I wonder if CUSA customers would be interested in a DeLorean mini van, or maybe a Stradivarius guitar.

Cusa=Back to the pucture! a retro mindpuck down memory lane.(Change the P in 'pucture' to an F and the P in 'mindpuck' to an F)Forum blocks swearwords oddly enough.