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Re: Was Commodore forced into bankruptcy by the banks?
« on: September 13, 2012, 04:59:42 PM »
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With all the zionist/illuminati rubbish floating around (which I don't believe in as detailed in those 200 minute snore-fest youtube documentaries) there may be elements of truth into the fact that the guy with the biggest wallet decides who gets screwed and when. Not saying aliens are on the planet, but I am saying that the US courts were unreasonably lenient on all the **** MS pulled and yet two icons were pretty much crucified in the complexity and legal rows following a premature bankruptcy forced upon them.

I'll refrain from going into crazy commie mode here, but I don't think there's a lot of conspiracy involved in recognizing that the system exists to facilitate the biggest wallet getting bigger. "Competition" is cute as long as it's controllable.
 

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Re: Was Commodore forced into bankruptcy by the banks?
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2012, 06:05:50 PM »
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What country was this in? In 1994 after Commodore went out of business the Amiga shops around central FL dried up faster than spit on a sidewalk in summer and not a single one of them ever carried a CD32 or an A1200 that I saw.



In Deathbed Vigil, Haynie mentions that they were unable to produce enough CD32's to match demand in the UK when it was released.
 

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Re: Was Commodore forced into bankruptcy by the banks?
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2012, 06:29:19 PM »
In Denmark at least they were quite common still. But by then, the amiga was mostly a European phenomenom.
 

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Re: Was Commodore forced into bankruptcy by the banks?
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2012, 09:59:29 PM »
Well, part of the problem is that even with the success in Europe, the management was basically leeching the company of money.