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Jack Tramiel
Jack Tramiel was a Polish-American businessman and Holocaust survivor, best known for founding Commodore International. The PET, VIC-20, and Commodore 64 are some home computers produced while he was running the company. Tramiel later formed Atari Corporation after he purchased the remnants of the original Atari, Inc. from its parent company. He was one of six people spotlighted when the computer…
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business · American businessman and Holocaust survivor (1928–2012) · entrepreneur · businessperson · also Jack Tramiel, Jacek Trzemiel, Idek Trzmiel, Idek Tramielski, Jacek Trzmielski, Juda Jacek Trzmielski
Born 13 December 1928 · Died 8 April 2012 · Q380363
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2026· 2 entries
“on the basic principles, how to run the company. And I felt that if I could not go into my office smiling, and being happy, I”
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2020· 1 entry
Hackaday: Jack Tramiel Got A Good Deal, And Ruined Everything
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2012· 11 entries
InfoQ: Jack Tramiel's Impact on the IT Industry
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The Independent: Jack Tramiel: Trailblazer for the personal computer
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ZDNet: Remembering Jack Tramiel
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ZDNet: Remembering Jack Tramiel, father of the Commodore 64
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The Verge: A brief video history of the demoscene in memory of Commodore boss Jack Tramiel
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Yahoo: Google+ trends: tributes to Commodore founder Jack Tramiel, a look at new Chrome OS
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CNET: Commodore founder Jack Tramiel dies at 83
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Time: Improbable PC Pioneer: Commodore's Jack Tramiel, 1928-2012
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NBC News: Jack Tramiel, father of the Commodore 64, passes away at age 83
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Forbes: Computer Legend and Gaming Pioneer Jack Tramiel Dies at Age 83
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Died 2012-04-08.
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2005· 1 entry
Was personally commemorated by Tramiel with an inscription on one of the Holocaust Museum's walls saying "To Vernon W
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2004· 1 entry
For the last time, he visited his Polish hometown, Łódź
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1998· 1 entry
Tramiel said "Business is war, I don't believe in compromising, I believe in winning
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1996· 1 entry
Tramiel sold Atari to disk-drive manufacturer Jugi Tandon Storage in a reverse merger deal
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1995· 1 entry
Sam suffered a heart attack, and his father returned to oversee operations
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1988· 1 entry
Stewart Alsop II called Tramiel and Alan Sugar "the world's two leading business-as-war entrepreneurs"
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1985· 1 entry
About the ST that because of its prior experience with Tramiel "Our interest in Atari is zero, zilch"
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1984· 1 entry
During a meeting with Irving, Jack told Irving that treating the assets of the company as his own and using them for personal use was wrong
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1983· 1 entry
After the company had lost hundreds of millions of dollars, stating that "TI got suckered by Jack"
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1977· 1 entry
And soon the company was receiving 50 calls a day from dealers wanting to sell the computer
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1962· 2 entries
Commodore went public, but the arrival of Japanese typewriters in the U
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With Rheinmetall-Borsig AG and began to sell Commodore portable typewriters made from the parts of older Rheinmetall-Borsig typewriters
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1956· 1 entry
Tramiel signed a deal with Czechoslovak typewriter manufacturer Zbrojovka Brno NP to assemble and sell their typewriters in North America
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1953· 1 entry
While working as a taxi driver, Tramiel bought a shop in the Bronx to repair office machinery, securing a $25,000 loan for the business from a U
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1947· 1 entry
Tramiel immigrated to the United States
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1939· 1 entry
His family was transported by Nazi occupiers to the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, where he worked in a garment factory
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1928· 2 entries
Born 1928-12-13.
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“You're dead. Your friends are dead. Your family's dead. Your fuckin' pets are bein' skinned alive. Your mom's a fuckin' whore. You suck at life. The whole world hates you. You're goin' to hell. Live with it. Game Over.”
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