Re: C64 back for Christmas

On Aug 25, 3:17 pm, Ian McCall <i...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hmm.

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/25/commodore_name_bounces_again/>

Cheers,
Ian

From the article:

"We do get the distinct impression, however, that Commodore USA is
flying by the seat of its pants. When we phoned Barry Altman this
morning, he initially told us he wasn't Barry Altman."

Altman is just another unqualified quack, the likes of Bill McEwan and
the jokers behind the Gravel, tarnishing the legacy of a dead company.
It's disgraceful what this parade of starry-eyed amateurs has done to
the Commodore name.

Jerri's DTV was the only product of any value released in a post
Commodore world to bear the moniker proudly.

Seriously, what could possibly motivate these people to resurrect the
brand, aside from the nostalgia a handful of silly geeks (I include
myself) share? In its painfully protracted decline, Commodore was
perceived as a joke in the marketplace, revered and cheered on only by
those of us with the perspective and memory to care. To Joe Consumer,
computer meant PC or Macintosh by the late 90s, which is as far back
as his memory will go. (Ancient history in terms of computing!) What
credibility does the brand have today, in a world that foolishly
believes Steve Wozniak invented the personal computer, doesn't know an
Amiga from a pile of old microwave parts, and just vaguely remembers
that toy computer they got for Christmas in 1984?

Let Commodore rest in peace already.
.

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