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[SysAdmin]

Amiga.org exclusive interview with the CEO of CommodoreUSA is currently in process. Of course we would not do this without the participation of our great members. Please post your questions in this very thread for Barry and we will send them along with our questions. Please do this in the next 2-3 days. Below is an e-mail Barry sent us this morning. Thanks Middleman for helping set this interview up.

***Please post questions to Barry that are professionally worded, be simple/concise with your questions and try not to repeated questions already made by other posters. Comments that are slanderous/vulgar, are not constructive, contain personal attacks etc. ie. off-topic are not accepted and will be removed***

On Apr 2, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Barry Altman wrote:

Good morning Tedd,

Please send over the questions. Include every possible topic you want. I will answer EVERY question submitted, no exceptions, and absolutely nothing is off the table. In fact, if you happen to leave off a few that you think might be too controversial, I'll throw in a few that will finally address every possible issue that has been discussed and dissected ad nauseum over the past two years.

I only ask that you post my entire reply intact, and unedited. I look forward to this opportunity to finally explain the entire big picture. There's a lot to tell,,,,fasten your seatbelt; I imagine this may be the biggest story you've run in quite a long time.

Feel free to post this email wherever you wish so the forum members can start getting their questions together.

Warmest regards,

Barry

[OlafS3]

"I imagine this may be the biggest story you've run in quite a long time"

modesty is certainly not his strongest side

[klx300r]

yawn..i thought the Amiga community was of no concern to the mighty CUSA with 30 million advertising budget ?

sure here's a question: How much has CUSA contributed to any AmigaOS, AROS or MOS bounties ?

[XDelusion]

Yes, the CUSA Amiga branded PC will be using x86 CPU's so what efforts are being made to help AROS development and to ensure it's compatability with your hardware?

Do you intend to contribute to any Amiga related bounties such as the Magellan one?

[spirantho]

How about this (off the top of my head):

What does a CommodoreUSA Amiga offer that a PC made from the exact same parts doesn't, apart from the name, and a doubled price-tag?

I'm sure I can think of MANY others.

[JimS]

Originally Posted by spirantho

How about this (off the top of my head):

What does a CommodoreUSA Amiga offer that a PC made from the exact same parts doesn't, apart from the name, and a doubled price-tag?

That's what I've been wondering.... Seems to me that just making and selling an Amiga branded & styled case at a good price to the home builder would be enough.

[desiv]

Originally Posted by spirantho

What does a CommodoreUSA Amiga offer that a PC made from the exact same parts doesn't, apart from the name, and a doubled price-tag?

You could ask the same of Alienware and several other "name" branded computers..

I'd be more interested in why they feel "Amiga" should be applied to their new line...
Something like:

The C64x, although it was nothing like a C64 internally, resembled the original C64.

The Vic Slim looked nothing like the Vic-20. IMHO
The new Amiga "slim" looks more like a Mac-mini than any Amiga model produced...

Why do you feel it appropriate to use the Amiga (or Vic) name on these machines?

desiv

[Piru]

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[dwaldrop]

Here is my question :

Given the on-going development of OS4 as well as AROS, etc. What plans does C-USA have to incorporate support of any of these Amiga-ish operating systems in to their Amiga branded machines.

[runequester]

Does Dammy's misrepresentations and incorrect expectations about company policy and expectations represent corporate policy?

[number6]

@digitex


Hi Barry.

Given the expressed desire to progress from being a licensee to an owner of both Commodore and Amiga IP, is there any progress on either of those fronts?

More specifically, do your plans change depending on the outcome of the C=Holdings B.V. v. Asiarim Corporation et al lawsuit? If so, in what way?

#6

[vexar]

Your specifications of the Amiga Mini show a possible Intel Core i7 2700K configuration but only a 120 Watt PSU. This quad core, desktop CPU has a considerable power draw, and when added with the nVidia card, it surpasses 120 Watts. See my question here:
http://www.commodore-amiga.org/en/fo...pply-gpu#13746

Is your Amiga Mini product UL and CSA certified? Likewise, were you issued an FCC ID for your product?

[Fats]

- Do you feel you made any errors in talking with the Amiga community ? Will there be changes in the future ?

[XDelusion]

I didn't see this post going over well.

In other forums and on Facebook I hear people talking about how they are starting to hate this site because of all the CUSA related posts.

[bbond007]

Originally Posted by XDelusion

I didn't see this post going over well.

In other forums and on Facebook I hear people talking about how they are starting to hate this site because of all the CUSA related posts.

Facebook already?... hopefully not Twitter too, then TMZ then finally locally to Deco Drive