Commodore 64—25th Anniversary Celebration
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN links it for Jack Tramiel's pricing philosophy and a memorable Tramiel and Wozniak exchange on low versus sustainable pricing.
What it is
The Computer History Museum's 25th anniversary celebration of the Commodore 64, recorded in December 2007, with a panel including Jack Tramiel and Steve Wozniak. It recounts the machine's launch and history.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2012 to 2016.
What Hacker News said
Recommends Keyframe · 2012-04 · on “Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83”
RIP Jack Tramiel! Here is Computer History Museum 25th Anniversary Celebration of Commodore 64 with him on the panel [this video] Micro computers were a startup movement in a true sense of the word.
Recommends rasz_pl · 2016-09 · on “Commodore Back in Germany”
my favorite apple commodore exchange summing up the whole deal happened during computer history museums Commodore 64 25th anniversary panel [this video] . paraphrasing Tramiel: Unlike Apple I made computers for the lowest price possible enabling millions to own one. Wozniak: Unlike you Apple sold their computers at the price point that allowed them to not go bankrupt.
Cites expertentipp · 2015-07 · on “Today, 30 years ago, Commodore introduced the Amiga”
If you can afford it you should always sell a product for no more than a 100% of your cost. [1] [1] 31:50 [this video]