Apple didn’t invent anything but what they did was create a product that sold well, nicely packaged and advertised well. Commodore did none of that after the c64. In a different world and time, commodore would be a market leader but alas they made far too many mistakes and firing Jack was possibly the biggest. Before and including the c64. Commodore rarely put a foot wrong. After 1984 they made the plus4,c16,c116,c128,b128,b256 etc. Mostly utter rubbish or at best the wrong machine at the wrong time. Only the c128 can be called a success in this era. 1985 almost bankrupted commodore but they purchased Amiga but had no budget to advertise or support it.the company was kept afloat by old tech in the c64. Mush like Apple failing but the Apple II kept the cash coming in. Jack we miss you.
An interview with Jack Tramiel (He invented Commodore Computers and later ran half of Atari). So I'll try and make this as condensed as possible for you. Born in Poland, Jack grew up during one of the worst times: WWII. He survived the Auschwitz Prison Camp and came out of that situation with the following philosophy, Business is War: If you're not destroying your opponents, you're doing it wrong. The correct thing (in Tramiel's eyes) to do was to take whatever you can from them, don't pay them a cent, and then when the competition is on the brink of bankruptcy, buy them out for next to nothing. After the war, he moved to America. Joining the US Army, he learned a skill in repairing typewriters. He would eventually go on to found The Commodore Company as a typewriter repair shop. After finding out he could get cheap typewriter parts from then Communist Czechoslovakia, Jack moved his company from New York, to Canada for a few years (just so the feds wouldn't run after him for doing business with a communist country). And that was Tramiel's aim for Commodore was to do business in Europe mostly (having grown up there himself, he knew the markets well). In the early 1970s, Commodore went into manufacturing calculators after seeing Texas Instruments and their success in that market. Commodore Calculators were very huge in West Germany. Later that decade, Commodore sold its first of many computers The Commodore PET (around the time, Steve Jobs was just inventing Apple Computers). Later, Commodore sold the Vic 20 in 1980 (endorsed by Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner), and the Commodore 64 in 1982. Later in 1982, business partner Irving Gould ousted Jack from the Commodore International. Jack retired but got bored after a couple of years. In 1984, he founded Tramiel Technologies - A Computer Business that was family run by Jack and his sons Sam, Leonard and Gary. Later that summer, Atari (a video game company started several years earlier) lost so much money that parent company Warner Communications (they bought out Atari in 1976) wanted to sell them. Jack bought out the consumer electronics half of the company and ran it as Atari Corporation. In 1989, Jack retired and left the company to his son Sam who ran it into the ground overly promoting the Atari Jaguar Console. In 1996, Jack sold Atari Corporation and its assets went to a plethora of owners from Hasbro to Infrogrames. As for Jack himself, he enjoyed retirement again until his death in 2012
This video should have millions views. We are here on internet and socials thanks to this guy. RIP Jack!
in what way..jack was not involved in networking or the world wide web.
"It looked like an Apple!"
"And that's why we discontinued it!"
As Steve Wozniak sits right there.....
Seeing the guy get emotional about the B128, and Jack handling it as classy as he did. He was a hell of a guy.
tcam333 a true force of the industry who’s largely ignored now, after all Steve jobs made the first ever computer........
@@mjnurney And smartphone.
Apple didn’t invent anything but what they did was create a product that sold well, nicely packaged and advertised well. Commodore did none of that after the c64. In a different world and time, commodore would be a market leader but alas they made far too many mistakes and firing Jack was possibly the biggest. Before and including the c64. Commodore rarely put a foot wrong. After 1984 they made the plus4,c16,c116,c128,b128,b256 etc. Mostly utter rubbish or at best the wrong machine at the wrong time. Only the c128 can be called a success in this era. 1985 almost bankrupted commodore but they purchased Amiga but had no budget to advertise or support it.the company was kept afloat by old tech in the c64. Mush like Apple failing but the Apple II kept the cash coming in. Jack we miss you.
Commodore would of lasted a lot longer under jack's leadership...RIP jack.
Very likely
What A Great Man !!!
Very funny and interesting, thank you very much!
It’s edited but the full version is about an hour and a half
btw - Do not miss hour long interview with Jack Tramiel by 8bit generation crew!!! It was recorded year before Jack died.
zarjesve2 do you have a link ?
www.8bitgeneration.com/the-movie/the-commodore-wars/ but it is 22$ for documentary + interview...
Damn, even 25th anniversary was a long time ago by now.
10 years ago I think
What is this
An interview with Jack Tramiel (He invented Commodore Computers and later ran half of Atari). So I'll try and make this as condensed as possible for you.
Born in Poland, Jack grew up during one of the worst times: WWII. He survived the Auschwitz Prison Camp and came out of that situation with the following philosophy, Business is War: If you're not destroying your opponents, you're doing it wrong. The correct thing (in Tramiel's eyes) to do was to take whatever you can from them, don't pay them a cent, and then when the competition is on the brink of bankruptcy, buy them out for next to nothing.
After the war, he moved to America. Joining the US Army, he learned a skill in repairing typewriters. He would eventually go on to found The Commodore Company as a typewriter repair shop. After finding out he could get cheap typewriter parts from then Communist Czechoslovakia, Jack moved his company from New York, to Canada for a few years (just so the feds wouldn't run after him for doing business with a communist country). And that was Tramiel's aim for Commodore was to do business in Europe mostly (having grown up there himself, he knew the markets well).
In the early 1970s, Commodore went into manufacturing calculators after seeing Texas Instruments and their success in that market. Commodore Calculators were very huge in West Germany. Later that decade, Commodore sold its first of many computers The Commodore PET (around the time, Steve Jobs was just inventing Apple Computers).
Later, Commodore sold the Vic 20 in 1980 (endorsed by Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner), and the Commodore 64 in 1982. Later in 1982, business partner Irving Gould ousted Jack from the Commodore International. Jack retired but got bored after a couple of years.
In 1984, he founded Tramiel Technologies - A Computer Business that was family run by Jack and his sons Sam, Leonard and Gary. Later that summer, Atari (a video game company started several years earlier) lost so much money that parent company Warner Communications (they bought out Atari in 1976) wanted to sell them. Jack bought out the consumer electronics half of the company and ran it as Atari Corporation.
In 1989, Jack retired and left the company to his son Sam who ran it into the ground overly promoting the Atari Jaguar Console. In 1996, Jack sold Atari Corporation and its assets went to a plethora of owners from Hasbro to Infrogrames.
As for Jack himself, he enjoyed retirement again until his death in 2012
THE Beginning Of The END !!!
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