From: ank@spamfence.net   
      
   On Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:35:12 +1300, Nick Jones wrote:   
   >   
   > Love the quote and I truly admire his dedication and mindset. I've learned   
   > through the years that this is the right mindset. If you want to be an   
   > entrepreneur you have to be disciplined, cold, and goal-oriented.   
      
   He was also smart, funny but also arrogant.   
      
   The in my opinion best episode of The Computer Chronicles from 1985 had   
   some high profile guests being asked about the future development in   
   micro computers, because that year saw its first downturn.   
      
   In one segment was Trip Hawkins and (rightful so in my opinion) said that   
   after a boom there'll always be a consolidation.   
      
   In another segment was Adam Osborne. Asked at the end if it was the   
   Osborne Effect which folded his company he denied and told everybody to   
   "reset" and that he won't tell the reason "right now". The smile fell of   
   the anchor's (Stewart Cheifet) face. Osborne passed in 2003. I wonder if   
   he ever told "the truth" or took it to his grave.   
      
   The third segment saw Jack Tramiel and son and was labeled   
   "JackIntosh". He was Atari's boss for not even a year and the Atari ST   
   just hit the shelves. When asked what he thought of the rumors of a new   
   and powerful computer by Commodore (the Amiga, but I think the name   
   wasn't mentioned because it wasn't known yet) he said he hadn't seen it   
   yet, but wasn't worried. Asked about COLECO and their failed Adam   
   computer Tramiel said something like "COLECO is a good toy maker". That   
   was all he said. *LOL*   
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