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asciilifeform: or, say, 'commodore 64', built by ex-auschwitz inmate j. tramiel and 6 other d00dz in some barn.
a111: 15 results for "tramiel", http://btcbase.org/log-search?q=tramiel
asciilifeform: $s tramiel
asciilifeform: tramiel is sorta like that cartoon co. manager mircea_popescu described in old article
asciilifeform: you can tell something interesting about modern usa that it fellates steve jobs but not jack tramiel.
asciilifeform: jack tramiel, for instance.
assbot: Jack Tramiel obituary: Founder of Commodore computers dies at 83 - latimes ... ( http://bit.ly/1NcReWb )
asciilifeform: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/12/local/la-me-jack-tramiel-20120412 << tramiel didn't give a rat's arse re: computing 'big picture.' he was running a manufacturing concern, in the old 19th. sense in his mind, complete with 'muntzing'
decimation: "Like many other inmates, his father was reported to have died of typhus in the work camp; however, Tramiel believed he was killed by an injection of gasoline. " nasty
asciilifeform: phun phakt: tramiel sat in auschwitz.
decimation: "The disagreement between Tramiel and Gould was so bitter that, after Tramiel's departure, the Commodore magazine was forbidden to state any of Tramiel's famous sayings or even mention his name."
decimation: yeah the other problem was jack tramiel left
assbot: 5 results for 'jack tramiel' : http://s.b-a.link/?q=jack+tramiel
asciilifeform: !s jack tramiel
decimation: yeah tramiel was commodore, when he left the thing tanked. it's a shame, they had a real shot at being an 'alternative' to intel
assbot: 7 results for 'tramiel' : http://s.b-a.link/?q=tramiel
asciilifeform: !s tramiel
asciilifeform: iirc tramiel named it after a car that existed in his times
decimation: but apparently the fucktarded 'bitcoin ceo' who took over after Mr. Tramiel was speaking with the CEO of tandy who told him that here was "no money in portable computers"
decimation: according to Mr. Herd - Jack Tramiel ran Commodore with an iron fist. When he left, only derps were around to pretend to fill his shoes
decimation: heh yeah, in the podcast Bil blames the death of commodore on Mr. Tramiel's exit from the company
asciilifeform: what mention of commodore corp. without old jack tramiel!
asciilifeform: think how it would've went, if jack tramiel had bought himself a congresscritter or two
assbot: Jack Tramiel, a Pioneer in Computers, Dies at 83 - NYTimes.com
asciilifeform: re: c64, obligatory jack tramiel: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/11/technology/jack-tramiel-a-pioneer-in-computers-dies-at-83.html