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> it was actually a masterstroke rarely seen from Commodore management after Thomas J. Rattigan took over. The Digital Antiquarian has more fascinating details
by 6502nerdface 11y ago
> it was actually a masterstroke rarely seen from Commodore management after Thomas J. Rattigan took over.
The Digital Antiquarian has more fascinating details on Rattigan's role at Commodore [1]. In this telling, he comes off as not-so-bad, actually pretty competent, but ultimately foiled by the egos of the executive board.
[1] http://www.filfre.net/2015/11/the-68000-wars-part-4-rock-lobster/ http://www.filfre.net/2015/11/the-68000-wars-part-4-rock-lob...
- vidarh 11y agoBeing "foiled by the executive board" was pretty much routine at Commodore, unfortunately. The executive chairs were spinning at high speed.
- digi_owl 11y agoBoard room meddling is a plague upon the business. You could see that with how HP was flip flopping around as the board was brining in new CEOs ever so often because the share value was lagging. Or now just as Nokia seemed to be coming back around the board brought in Elop...