Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Author Topic: Hypothetical. C= doesn't get the Amiga. Then what.  (Read 7310 times)

Description:

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline olsen

Re: Hypothetical. C= doesn't get the Amiga. Then what.
« on: April 01, 2012, 09:44:03 AM »
Quote from: amigadave;670348

Commodore did not even do half of what could have been possible with the Amiga.  They had no idea what they had or how to market it.  It was mismanaged right into the grave.


It wasn't certain from the start that Commodore would go down that path. If I remember my little bit of Amiga history correctly, the management which pushed for Amiga, Inc. to be acquired did not see the acquisition through, and subsequently left the company. Hence, the guys who had something of a vision where the Amiga fit into Commodore's future were not the ones who actually got to make something/anything out of it.

After the departure of the founder, Commodore was left without tech-savy management, which time and again hurt them until the end. I suppose not really knowing what to do with Amiga is but part of the picture. Did Commodore make good use of MOS Technology/CSG?
 

Offline olsen

Re: Hypothetical. C= doesn't get the Amiga. Then what.
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2012, 07:32:53 AM »
Quote from: psxphill;686384
They definately did before Jack left, although "good use" means ringing every last cent out of them without investing for the future.


Business as usual, I suppose...

But, if I read this correctly, CSG went through a management-buyout and survived as a separate entity until 2001. Which I guess isn't such a bad sign for the company and its state at the time Commodore went out of business.