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In article <1jo05pINNiok@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> molin@ptb.cl.msu.edu (Michael Olin) writes:
>gmg@unify.com (Gary M. Gealy) writes:
>
>>  Can anyone out there point me in the right direction for some information on
>Atari corporate history?
>
>Bright in the mid 80s, went down the shitter after that...
>
>Thanks to the Tramiels.

There's a major piece missing here.  Consult a corporate history of Time/Warner.
Warner Brothers bought Atari from Nolan Bushnell.  Eventually they and their
successors ran it down to the point that it was a good business deal for them
to give it away to Jack Tramiel, who had recently been forced out of C=
(which he had founded and turned into a major force).  The story of how the
Amiga got away has been posted to this newsgroup by at least 2 of the people
directly involved.  The subsequent design of the ST and the history of TOS
have also been discussed (and can mostly be reconstructed by reading the
Atari mags of earlier days).  There were signs of trouble to come in the
Amiga fumble; disappointment over the handling of blitters and TOS 1.4  
pretty much set the tone for today; in an era of corporate crimes that will
ever be legendary, Atari got taken for more than the value of the company in
the Federated deal.  I've been told that some of this has made it into
business text books.
                                   Steve           saj@chinet.chi.il.us