CompuServe Thread

#C=UK buy-out

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#186418From: Jim ButterfieldFeb 23, 1995 9:55 AM
>> The new company will probably be called Atari (SIC) … SICK!!! Or is there any chance that Jack Tramiel, one of the founders of Commodore and now owner of Atari, is jumping back in with financing? ( Beware of speculation based on poor reporting of unfounded rumors ). –Jim
#186428From: Tony TalaricoFeb 23, 1995 12:48 PM
>> >> The new company will probably be called Atari (SIC) … >> SICK!!! >> Or is there any chance that Jack Tramiel, one of the founders of Commodore and now owner of Atari, is jumping back in with financing? Now THERE'S a heck of a rumor to start! Maybe it's just coincidence that they stopped making their own computers, and maybe not <VBG>! 'Course, they got their hands full just trying to get the Jaguar up to speed. I close my eyes and dream of FINALLY owning the super 800XL I wanted to have in 1986 – even though I've owned it since 1990 (my 3000). Oh, it's just another unsubstantiated rumor. WAKE UP! Reality check! Thanks for the grins, Jim. It shouldn't be long now (ONLY TWO MORE WEEKS! Er, would you believe two more months? <g>) Tony
#186647From: Eberhard SpittlerFeb 26, 1995 12:48 AM
maybe the journalist couldn`t distinguish between "Atari" and "Amiga"; both start with "A"? Eberhard Spittler // (using AutoPilot V1.77) \X/
#186916From: John ChangFeb 28, 1995 4:28 PM
Jim, HEADLINE: "Jack Tramiel of Atari Caught in Love Nest with Medhi Ali of Commodore!" SUBHEADING: "Partner Gould, Surprised, Shocked and Cuckold!" Just kidding. ;-} Regards, John Chang
#186985From: Jim ButterfieldMar 1, 1995 7:37 AM
I love it!!!!!!!! But it will never make the National Enquirer. Although we know and, um, love them, the names Tramiel, Gould, and Ali just are not as well known to the general (unwashed) public as, say, OJ. .. couldn't you work OJ into the story, somehow? Everybody else in the magazine industry seems to be able to do it. –Jim
#187083From: Alex BakerMar 1, 1995 10:25 PM
Actually O.J. was one of the backers…. Unfortunately, Nicole found out about the plan, and knew too much. Though there are rumors that Det. Mark Fuhrman was in charge of security, and O.J. was not a backer but found out about it, and so was framed to keep him from talking. Seems there was a neraby neighbor who saw Gould, Ali, Tramiel and Marsha Clark leaving the area around 10:45 that evening.
#187149From: John ChangMar 2, 1995 8:53 AM
Jim, Hmm, involving OJ into the story, eh? I'll think about it. Regards, John Chang
#187177From: Jim ButterfieldMar 2, 1995 1:57 PM
You GOTTA get a picture of OJ on the cover. Gee, I wish Amiga World had managed that…. –Jim