-=> Tristan Miller wrote to Simon Geddes <=-

 > and ambition to do the Vic as a low-cost computer for all. I'm not sure,
 > but I feel this was partly motivated by a sense of public purpose.

 TM> I haven't read The Home Computer Wars, but that's not at all the
 TM> impression I got of Tramiel from reading Brian Bagnall's "On the Edge:
 TM> The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore" (or whatever it happened to
 TM> be called at the time -- the author seems to change the title of the
 TM> book with every edition).  Anyways, from that book it was pretty clear
 TM> that Tramiel was driven purely by profit and egotism, not any higher
 TM> social purpose.  After reading the book (and watching the "Commodore
 TM> Story" documentary) I came away with a much less favourable impression
 TM> of Tramiel than I had had previously.

Jack, who dumped CBM in favour of Atari (nee Tramiel Technology Ltd.)
was just as much about money as Irving (Gould) and Medhi (Ali) who came
after him at Commodore and busted it out for fun and (especially) profit.

... Amiga made it possible. Commodore made it dead.
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