Comments on: Irving Gould and Commodore https://dfarq.homeip.net/irving-gould-commodore/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=irving-gould-commodore David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sun, 28 Sep 2025 19:15:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jon https://dfarq.homeip.net/irving-gould-commodore/#comment-57263 Sun, 28 Sep 2025 19:15:52 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=8774#comment-57263 Gould is often portrayed as one of the “guilty men” who killed Commodore, and yes he was a poor steward of the business after Tramiel departed. But as you’ve set out his role and legacy is so much more complicated than that, so history is left with this ambiguous character who was sometimes a villain, sometimes a saviour, but just generally out of place leading a computer company in the 80s and 90s. Bagnall’s book suggests the CDTV was the product most closely associated with Gould personally, and when that failed he seems to have lost interest in Commodore as a long-term proposition.

]]> By: DanB https://dfarq.homeip.net/irving-gould-commodore/#comment-43298 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:54:47 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=8774#comment-43298 Nice overview!

Thanks.

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