When Dave was walking through Commodore, I wondered how it must have been when the Commodore Vic-20 and Commodore 64 were selling extremely well. I bet the assembly area was pretty amazing to see.
I also thought about the people from West Chester that must have worked there in the 'glory days' of Commodore and what it must have been like for them when Commodore finally closed. I bet that was pretty stressful for many families.
It was also hard not to think about the future and what Commodore could have done. There were some truly brilliant people there like 'our boy Elroy' and Julian. (Kidding, if you read the Commodore book you will get that).
Honestly, isn't it amazing the number of brilliant people that worked at Commodore? Folks like Chuck Peddle, Bob Yannes, Bil Herd, Dave Haynie, the entire Amiga team, Al Chapentier, Charles Winterble, etc...
All those gifted people ruined by a handful of idiots...what a shame. :-(
To make myself feel better, I like to think that in the alternate universe on the show Fringe, Commodore is doing very well. :-)
I think both "The Deathbed Vigil" and "On the Edge" made me ponder the 'what ifs' with the future of Commodore. Ah, what could have been...
Cheers to the spirit Commodore!
-P
