Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

[Matt_H]

Fools indeed. The ~$1000 loss they would have incurred by donating a machine probably would have given them the same returns as a multi-million dollar ad campaign. There's always a Star Trek market.

[Matt_H]

What's more amazing is that when they did have good people at the helm (Thomas Rattigan), Irving Gould would fire them!

According to On The Edge, Rattigan turned Commodore around back into the lands of immense profits (The A500 era). His reward? Getting replaced by Mehdi Ali. :-(