Re: Amiga <--> PC diplomacy

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From: Jim Johnson
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:15

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Just a small tidbit about Commodore's marketing and the Amiga:
What many people don't realize is the development team for the first Amiga
was actually under contract to Atari when it was owned by Warner Bros. 
Then (as I understand it) Jack Tramiel (of C64 marketing fame) left the
helm of Commodore to buy Atari (computers - the arcade game division was
sold separately), but Warner sold its rights to the Amiga to Commodore. 
Jack put together a team to design the Atari ST and Tramiel's Operating
System (TOS).  Jack and his relatives did an even worse job of marketing
the Atari than the new Commodore did in marketing the (designed for the old
Atari) Amiga.

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