Commodore sold yet again

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, William Donzelli wrote:

> > Bah!  The group that you refer to is not worth EU$24 million, plain and
> > simple.
>
> Some of the kids that grew up playing with C64s make 24 million Euro a
> year. It is not just the retro crowd, but the whole generation.

So?  Didn't Studebaker try to come out with a new model after 40 years?
Did every baby boomer go out and buy one?

> It is the name. Some names come back with incredible power (Packard-Bell
> anyone?). 24 mE might actually be cheap.

And some names go out with incredible ignominy (Packard-Bell anyone?)

> > It is when it's used to purchase dust.
>
> How much does it cost to make a series of television commercials? They are
> just a different marketing tool.

Commodore as a brand name is meaningless today.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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