He said HE (AINC) stays away from HW biz.
Clever, IMHO. You have others taking care about that while you lead or at least try to lead some OS/SW development. The problem could arise if those HW makers can't get their figures straight...did someone said licencing?
After reading "The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore" I was never more convinced in my over 10 yrs thought that CBM/A took a wrong turn keeping HW R&D and retail inside core enterprise.
Ahh, it's time to take my pills, I'm starting to lose it already...