iirc, I don't think Mehdi Ali was President of Commodore at the time the A3000 was developed and released. It was Max Toy at that time if memory serves me correct. The problems with Zorro 3 DMA transfers were discovered later, during either the AA/A3000T/+ and A4000 development. As I think Dave Haynie has said, you could probably lay blame at Bill Sydnes for delaying fixes for Buster by deverting development for the A600 and the never released A1000+.
