Comments on: Reasons for Escom’s bankruptcy https://dfarq.homeip.net/reasons-for-escoms-bankruptcy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reasons-for-escoms-bankruptcy David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:07:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Pete https://dfarq.homeip.net/reasons-for-escoms-bankruptcy/#comment-56522 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:28:01 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=35389#comment-56522 I do remember them pretty much coming out of nowhere in the UK. Suddenly they were on every high street after buying Rumbelows, must have been a huge outlay and massive cost in rebranding and refitting the shops. I guess they underestimated this and the time it would take to start making a profit from them. Buying Commodore didn’t really do them much harm and might have just helped them raise their profile a bit more.
From what I have read ad remember it seemed like they were just buying it for the name and not the Amiga but they did start to make plans once they realised there was still demand. I honestly think with a bit of investment the platform could have continued and competed with Apple with a small percentage of the market.

]]> By: batteman https://dfarq.homeip.net/reasons-for-escoms-bankruptcy/#comment-56521 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:02:46 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=35389#comment-56521 Hi David,
Your article is really interesting and, like you, I’m sure Escom’s bankruptcy was not due to Amiga/Commodore but Escom grew to fast and exploded in flight, like a rocket full of gasoline!

PS : Can I translate your article in french, for the online french website Obligement.free.fr (with link to your original article and your name at the top of the translation, like I did for this article of John Passfield about Flight of the Amazon queen : http://obligement.free.fr/articles/coulisses_developpement_flightoftheamazonqueen.php

Thx!

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