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Can't say I've heard of him. 63 is too young these days. What was he up to at Commodore?
Barry was a colorful character and didn't mince words. When he arrived on the scene to offer "blasphemous" computers that were not "teh real", he was attacked by cultist name followers. He wasn't one to ignore attacks so he would shoot back.
heh, just kidding. Btw, what does it mean when you spell community with a K?
Just as a reminder, Barry Altman started to use the trademark Commodore for his company name and on websites a long time before he eventually finalized a licensing agreement. He later attempted to justify this highly questionable behaviour as a strategy to find out who the current owners of the trademark were.
Commodore USA have also been repeatedly caught using third-party artwork on their website without proper licensing from the original authors.
Plus, the company made claims about a 30 million dollar advertizing budget which were completely and utterly false.
Last but not least, the company attempted to lure members of the AROS community into supporting Commodore USA hardware for free. When asked to contribute financially to AROS bounties as a good-will gesture, the interest in AROS suddenly dropped and Barry insulted the very same OS project that Commodore USA had praised and had announced to be a key part of its future software strategy shortly before.