This has probably been discussed before, but what the heck ;-)
Where would Amiga been today if Commodore did not hire Mehdi Ali as their Chief, and did not cancel the AAA chipset?
:-?
I haven't read the other posts but here's what I understand
Irving Gould wasn't prepared to do the hard work required to make Commodore successful but didn't like the idea of other people getting the credit for Commodore's successes.
Thomas Rattigan got pushed out after he turned Commodore around. If it wasn't Mehdi Ali ruining Commodore it would have been someone else just like him that didn't understand the business.