Subj : Re: Jack Tramiel
To   : Simon Geddes
From : Andreas Kohlbach
Date : Thu Jan 23 2020 09:38 am

On Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:36:01 +1300, Simon Geddes wrote:
>
>   Re: Re: Jack Tramiel
>   By: Computer Nerd Kev to Andreas Kohlbach on Tue Jan 21 2020 10:17 pm
>
>  > From a customer's point of view I think you can admire Tramiel much
>  > more than Bill Gates. Tramiel used his ruthless business strategies
>  > to cut costs and therefore be able to profitably sell computers
>  > cheaper than anyone else - opening them up to some home markets that
>  > otherwise might have been priced out. Gates just did his best to
>
> That really came across in the book I was reading. Most of Commodore thought
> they should concetrate on high-end PET-level machines, but Jack drove the 
plan
> and ambition to do the Vic as a low-cost computer for all. I'm not sure , but 
I
> feel this was partly motivated by a sense of public purpose.

May be he saw the success of the Apple ][ and TRS-80 in homes, while the
PET was more seen in offices and schools.
--
Andreas

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