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The New Commodore 64, Updated With Its Old Exterior (New York Times)

Posted Apr 8, 2011 10:17 UTC (Fri) by gowen (guest, #23914)
In reply to: The New Commodore 64, Updated With Its Old Exterior (New York Times) by ekram
Parent article: The New Commodore 64, Updated With Its Old Exterior (New York Times)

Never attribute to malice ... etc. Commodore's own product page says "you can even install and use the latest versions of Windows if you really feel you need to. We provide a beautiful graphical boot menu at start up from which Windows can be selected to run...", and yet doesn't mention Linux at all.

If you really feel strongly about it (although the scare quotes around 'impartial' suggests you're merely trying to score a political point) send them a correction. The BBC are pretty good about altering factural errors.

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The New Commodore 64, Updated With Its Old Exterior (New York Times)

Posted Apr 8, 2011 11:27 UTC (Fri) by RobSeace (subscriber, #4435) [Link]

> and yet doesn't mention Linux at all.

Just above the section that mentions Windows: "In the meantime, units come with the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS operating system on CD ready to install."

The New Commodore 64, Updated With Its Old Exterior (New York Times)

Posted Apr 8, 2011 13:36 UTC (Fri) by ekram (subscriber, #70515) [Link]

I have already informed the BBC, and no correction is forthcoming yet. Their FAQ no. 10 (http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_FAQ.aspx) also states that the soon to be released Commodore OS is Linux-based, and also their intention to champion the cause of open source.

It's a real shame that the BBC have decided to label it a Windows machine, intentional or not. The BBC website does have a past history of mentioning Windows a lot more than Linux, where credit is due, and not mentioning Windows where discredit is due.

I can imagine that there will be a number of returns if it's being marketed as a Windows machine...