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   Simon Geddes to All   
   Jack Tramiel   
   31 Jan 20 12:35:27   
   
   From: nospam.Simon.Geddes@f1.n770.z731.fidonet.org   
      
     Re: Jack Tramiel   
     By: Dave Drum to Tristan Miller on Fri Jan 31 2020 12:24 pm   
      
    > Jack, who dumped CBM in favour of Atari (nee Tramiel Technology Ltd.)   
    > was just as much about money as Irving (Gould) and Medhi (Ali) who came   
    > after him at Commodore and busted it out for fun and (especially) profit.   
      
   I don't think he was really dumped. Irving sacked him. Not sure how that's   
   possible, and what the actual reasons were. Some say because he wanted to bring   
    his sons in. Irving said he was worried about JAck's health, and didn't think   
   he was the man to take the company to beyond a billion.   
      
   Maybe Jack planned to build Atari up to the point where he could buy our   
   Commodore and get his creation back. Something akin to the Steve Jobs story,   
   where he was ousted but found a back route back in.   
      
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