Wow, I can't believe there's people actually suggesting that Tramiel would've done a better job than Gould and Ali (although I'll warrant you that he probably couldn't have done worse) - JT pretty much single-handedly destroyed Atari through a succession of blunders and bad decisions and hung the original Amiga team out to dry before Commodore stepped in at the last minute.
Atari pre-Tramiel had the biggest selling home video games console, a line of 8 bit computers far superior to anything on the market (with a price tag to match though) and the 5200 Super System all ready to launch - they should've gone on to become the dominant force in gaming and computing in the US but Tramiel blew it and it hurts me to this day that Atari (much like the Amiga) lives on pretty much only in name.
Check out the really rather awesome AtariAge.com for more Atari history
