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I took a class from an ex-executive. It was trajecially worse. Almost every morning for them was a jaw dropping knuckle dragging experience. This is the Harvar

I took a class from an ex-executive. It was trajecially worse. Almost every morning for them was a jaw dropping knuckle dragging experience. This is the Harvard text book example of "let the adults handle it."

lordfrito 1y ago
I'm endlessly fascinated by the stories that come out about the execs dealings during that period. How they were offered and passed on being the American distributor for the NES (all because the exec saw Donkey Kong running on a Coleco Adam at CES). [0] And how they funded but f'ed up the deal with the Amiga chipset (it should have been theirs but Commodore stole it at the 11'th hour). [1] Or how they were illegally bypassing DRAM price controls in the Tramiel era (the illegal $$$ is the main reason Atari stayed afloat after the disastrous Federated Group purchase). [2] The list goes on and on. I'm under the impression that there's a lot of real dirty stuff that's been swept under the rug, maybe now lost to time, as many of the execs are no longer with us. A lot is documented in the book "Atari: Business if Fun". [3] A shame that the follow up book "Atari: Business is War" will likely never be finished. [4] [0] https://www.timeextension.com/features/flashback-remember-when-atari-turned-down-nintendo-and-sega https://www.timeextension.com/features/flashback-remember-wh... [1] https://www.nostalgianerd.com/the-amiga-story/ https://www.nostalgianerd.com/the-amiga-story/ [2] https://forums.atariage.com/topic/207245-secret-atari-dram-resale-operation-revealed-by-fbi/page/2/ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/207245-secret-atari-dram-r... [3] https://www.amazon.com/Atari-Inc-Business-Curt-Vendel/dp/0985597402 https://www.amazon.com/Atari-Inc-Business-Curt-Vendel/dp/098... [4] https://forums.atariage.com/topic/227211-atari-corp-business-is-war/ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/227211-atari-corp-business...

lordfrito 1y ago

I'm endlessly fascinated by the stories that come out about the execs dealings during that period. How they were offered and passed on being the American distributor for the NES (all because the exec saw Donkey Kong running on a Coleco Adam at CES). [0] And how they funded but f'ed up the deal with the Amiga chipset (it should have been theirs but Commodore stole it at the 11'th hour). [1] Or how they were illegally bypassing DRAM price controls in the Tramiel era (the illegal $$$ is the main reason Atari stayed afloat after the disastrous Federated Group purchase). [2] The list goes on and on. I'm under the impression that there's a lot of real dirty stuff that's been swept under the rug, maybe now lost to time, as many of the execs are no longer with us. A lot is documented in the book "Atari: Business if Fun". [3] A shame that the follow up book "Atari: Business is War" will likely never be finished. [4] [0] https://www.timeextension.com/features/flashback-remember-when-atari-turned-down-nintendo-and-sega https://www.timeextension.com/features/flashback-remember-wh... [1] https://www.nostalgianerd.com/the-amiga-story/ https://www.nostalgianerd.com/the-amiga-story/ [2] https://forums.atariage.com/topic/207245-secret-atari-dram-resale-operation-revealed-by-fbi/page/2/ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/207245-secret-atari-dram-r... [3] https://www.amazon.com/Atari-Inc-Business-Curt-Vendel/dp/0985597402 https://www.amazon.com/Atari-Inc-Business-Curt-Vendel/dp/098... [4] https://forums.atariage.com/topic/227211-atari-corp-business-is-war/ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/227211-atari-corp-business...