pdbeam@watserv1.waterloo.edu (T.C.) (12/11/90)
This is just a trivia (trivial?) question. I know Commodore used to be a Canadian firm. Is it still? Where is the corporation controlled from? -- ============================================================================= Travis Capener c/o pdbeam@watserv1.waterloo.ca U of W Bell/ALEX Project University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (12/11/90)
In <1990Dec10.195729.10371@watserv1.waterloo.edu>, pdbeam@watserv1.waterloo.edu (T.C.) writes: >This is just a trivia (trivial?) question. I know Commodore used to be a >Canadian firm. Is it still? Where is the corporation controlled from? Tha Bahamas. -larry -- The only things to survive a nuclear war will be cockroaches and IBM PCs. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson) (12/11/90)
In article <1990Dec10.195729.10371@watserv1.waterloo.edu> pdbeam@watserv1.waterloo.edu (T.C.) writes: >This is just a trivia (trivial?) question. I know Commodore used to be a >Canadian firm. Is it still? Where is the corporation controlled from? > Commodore's head office is at: 1200 Wilson Drive West Chester PA 19380 USA > >-- >============================================================================= >Travis Capener >c/o pdbeam@watserv1.waterloo.ca >U of W Bell/ALEX Project University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spencer Shanson - Amiga Software Engineer | email: spence@commodore.COM | or uunet!cbmvax!spence All opinions expressed are my own, and do not | "A picture is worth 1000 (necessarily) represent those of Commodore. | words, or about 300,000 | bytes."
jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) (12/12/90)
In article <16448@cbmvax.commodore.com> spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson) writes: >>This is just a trivia (trivial?) question. I know Commodore used to be a >>Canadian firm. Is it still? Where is the corporation controlled from? > >Commodore's head office is at: >1200 Wilson Drive >West Chester >PA 19380 >USA Well, that's where most of Commodore International's operations are, but the company is legally a Bahamian company, and there is an office and secretary there (that's also where Irving Gould lives nowadays, for tax reasons). -- Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering. {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com BIX: rjesup Thus spake the Master Ninjei: "If your application does not run correctly, do not blame the operating system." (From "The Zen of Programming") ;-)
spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson) (12/12/90)
In article <16463@cbmvax.commodore.com> jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) writes: >In article <16448@cbmvax.commodore.com> spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson) writes: >>>This is just a trivia (trivial?) question. I know Commodore used to be a >>>Canadian firm. Is it still? Where is the corporation controlled from? >> >>Commodore's head office is at: >>1200 Wilson Drive >>West Chester >>PA 19380 >>USA > > Well, that's where most of Commodore International's operations are, >but the company is legally a Bahamian company, and there is an office and >secretary there (that's also where Irving Gould lives nowadays, for tax >reasons). > Picky picky picky, Randell. OK - I'll go and bury my head in a pitcher of diluted fizzy coloured water that you natives like to drink cold, and shut up :-). >-- >Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering. >{uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com BIX: rjesup >Thus spake the Master Ninjei: "If your application does not run correctly, >do not blame the operating system." (From "The Zen of Programming") ;-) -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spencer Shanson - Amiga Software Engineer | email: spence@commodore.COM | or uunet!cbmvax!spence All opinions expressed are my own, and do not | "A picture is worth 1000 (necessarily) represent those of Commodore. | words, or about 300,000 | bytes."