Me too. RIP rif.

I love seeing projects like this.

I’m sure this first batch they are shipping will fill a certain niche demand and surely sell out. But after that I’m not so sure what the plan is or how it’s going to work out. Teaching? Retro afficianodos?a revival of commodore basic as a business operating system?

We’ve just come so far with emulators and cheaper, more capable, modern hardware that fits today’s computing world and the future. Learning how we solved computing 30-40 years ago is totally cool and relevant to a specific group but it’s not huge.

It would be awesome to learn that the team has plans to modernize and build on what’s there.

Should have been Jeemail. Lost opportunity…

A lot of FOSS projects are freemium based which seems viable for larger more complex projects.

In these projects it’s common to see the developer get paid for adding features on top of the core version, for a SaaS version, for custom development, or for offering support.

Other projects with a lot of community interest - and a good “community manager” style organizer can attract contributors in the form of pulls, bug testing and reports, and widespread use which generates valuable marketing. These projects only exist because of the labor of love from the whole community.

I was ready gawk at what ads on my fridge would look like, and then this. I don’t know what I expected.