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   From: sgillettnospam@diespammergte.net   
      
   "Didimo" wrote ...   
   >   
   > Sam, don't act like the stereotype of the computer nerd with no social   
   > skills, no sense of humor and no perception of the difference between   
   > reality and what people write on a silly newsgroup.   
   > A 44-y-o college prof would not throw tomatoes for real, EVEN to jack   
   > scumbag tramiel and his scumbag son.   
      
   Some college professors crave media attention almost as much as Brittney   
   Spears does.  To some professors the headline "College Professor Throws   
   Rotten Tomatoes at Computer Museum Guest Speaker" might look pretty good.   
   How was I to know that you are not one of those?   
      
   > Can you say "figure of speech"?   
   > Maybe you can. Try.   
      
   Can you say, "Jack Tramiel is not a scumbag!"   
   Maybe you can.  Try real hard now...   
      
   BTW, if I understand correctly, the management at Atari had put game consoles   
   on back burner long before Tramiel arrived.  The folks at Atari were already   
   trying to emulate the success of Commodore by putting everything into   
   computers.   
      
   When Jack arrived at Atari he spearheaded the development of the ST so that   
   Atari would have something to compete with the new flagship of Commodore, the   
   Amiga.  Without the ST and Jack's leadership Atari would have folded years   
   before it did.   
      
   Never mind that Commodore stole the Amiga from Atari.  That was not Jack's   
   fault as it happened _after_ he left Commodore.  Blame Irving Gould.   
      
   If Jack can be blamed for the death of Atari, it is not because of anything   
   he did at Atari.  It would be because he made Commodore, especially the   
   Commodore 64, so successful before leaving Commodore.   
      
   Jack left Commodore because of disagreements with Irving Gould.  Jack Tramiel   
   was the brains and brawn behind Commodore.  However, Irving Gould was the   
   money behind Commodore.  Irving owned the company, or at least controlling   
   interest, so Jack was the one that left.   
      
   Jack Tramiel is good.   
   Irving Gould was evil.   
      
   Can you say that?   
   --   
   Best regards,   
      
   Sam Gillett   
      
   Change is inevitable,   
   except from vending machines!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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