• Kairos@lemmy.today
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    5 days ago

    I gauntee you a for profit company will leave you behind at some point.

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      5 days ago

      Still trust the new commodore owners far more than I’ll trust micro$oft

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        5 days ago

        I would trust a hobo more than an escaped convict, but that’s still a pretty low bar.

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            4 days ago

            It’s not about the commodore group, but about the bounds, “trusted more than MS” puts on it.

            It’s like someone saying, “well, I like you more than Charles Manson?” It’s almost an insult.

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              What’s wrong with Charles Manson? He had some alright songs in the 90s…

              Purple rain Some stay dry and others feel the pain

              Purple rain A baby born will die before the sin

              Purple rain The school books say it can’t be here again

              Purple rain The prisons make you wonder where it went

              Remember that one? Oh. Or maybe you’re thinking of the time he dangled a baby off the balcony, and showed his tits on David Lettermans desk.

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      Well, at least the people behind Commodore are passionate (in fact they acquired the trademark just four months ago…) and the distribution can be downloaded free of charge. They mostly sell merch, but they also have the Commodore 64 Ultimate which is basically a C64 implemented via FPGA. Their distribution also comes with its own BASIC.

      I have no connection to the C64, but this seems a lot more friendly than a lot of other companies that just try to cash in on Nostalgia.