tramiel

Also need to find Chuck Peddle and tell him to either avoid Jack Tramiel or not to quit Commodore.

That was typical for Tramiel playing hard-ball but also severely hurt a lot of businesses that had bet on Commodore.

For instant i think Tramiel insisted on the C64 using no more than 80 chips.

This reminded me of Commodore founder Jack Tramiel who originally was called Jacek Trzmiel.

Also, Atari didn't get marketing (Jack Tramiel was very reluctant to spend money there).

It was frustrating enough from inside Atari (both the Warner and Tramiel companies).

The reasons why are complex and very informative, especially the Tramiel years.

Jack Tramiel even addresses keeping the Japanese out of the U.

In the name of Tramiel and Miner and Sassenrath, amen.

Yes it is, Jack Tramiel did it to avoid taxes.

Given that Tramiel brought a lot of that dysfunction with him to Atari it is not much of a surprise that they ran into problems too.

Jack Tramiel is a fascinating businessman to learn about.

"the consumer is very mobile and we found this out in the hand calculator market" I've been spending a bit of time studying pre-Tramiel Atari recently: Racing the Beam, Business if Fun, Antic Podcast, etc.

Regarding dick size, it may be educational to note the differences between Steve Jobs and Jack Tramiel.

Anybody interested in running their business off of a model undercutting competitors prices should study Jack Tramiel.

This book has a lot of big characters in it, including the ruthless, cigar chomping, Jack Tramiel.