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   On 22/01/2020 01.36, Simon Geddes wrote:   
   >   Re: Re: Jack Tramiel   
   >   By: Computer Nerd Kev to Andreas Kohlbach on Tue Jan 21 2020 10:17 pm   
   >   
   >  > From a customer's point of view I think you can admire Tramiel much   
   >  > more than Bill Gates. Tramiel used his ruthless business strategies   
   >  > to cut costs and therefore be able to profitably sell computers   
   >  > cheaper than anyone else - opening them up to some home markets that   
   >  > otherwise might have been priced out. Gates just did his best to   
   >   
   > That really came across in the book I was reading. Most of Commodore thought   
   > they should concetrate on high-end PET-level machines, but Jack drove the   
   plan   
   > 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.   
      
      
   I haven't read The Home Computer Wars, but that's not at all the   
   impression I got of Tramiel from reading Brian Bagnall's "On the Edge:   
   The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore" (or whatever it happened to   
   be called at the time -- the author seems to change the title of the   
   book with every edition).  Anyways, from that book it was pretty clear   
   that Tramiel was driven purely by profit and egotism, not any higher   
   social purpose.  After reading the book (and watching the "Commodore   
   Story" documentary) I came away with a much less favourable impression   
   of Tramiel than I had had previously.   
      
   Regards,   
   Tristan   
      
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