Commodore, Atari and others were already dead and buried when Steve Jobs decided to go x86.
Believe me, he didn't want to go x86 - he had to because PowerPC simply was not in the race. They couldn't build machines fast enough on that architecture for a reasonable amount of money - so they did the smart thing and moved.. Amiga backed the wrong horse (PPC)..
It's a shame, but there was no conspiracy between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates to kill of competition - there wasn't any.
