Would you folks mind my 2 cents worth?
What has always flustered me is that other companies either go bankrupt or get bought out and many come out just fine. Commodore had a decent if not cutting edge technology platform in 1994 so they should have been ripe for some well known companies to purchase them. They could have done something very nice and moved the technology on.
How the hell did some many crappy companies end up with the remains of Commodore?
The only company that I felt had a chance was Gateway. They had the R&D, money, and business to use the Commodore technology and evolve it. They actually seemed to care and put some effort behind it. Yet, poof! They are gone. Rumors of MS threatening Gateway about the Commodore effort swirled but I do not know it it was true.
To be blunt, other than Gateway, these other people seemed incompetent.
Now, I'm going to score some low points here but I started to see the writing on the wall in 1993-ish and sold my Amiga 400 et al while the value was still high. I was finishing college and moved to Macintosh. I was a die hard fan but I had my career to think about.
When Commodore went bankrupt I wasn't shocked but was saddened. Yet, I figured that somebody else would buy the technology and move it along.
The one technology that should have had a second chance never did. What a waste. What a shame.
That article is 12 years old but might as well be 1200 years old in terms of technology.
:-(
-P
