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Pikajedi3
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If you could save one tech company from going under....

Which one would it be?

I'd personally have to say Commodore - I'd love to see what Workbench (AmigaOS) would have become on proper x86 (and eventually x86-64) PCs.

03-04-2010 02:49 AM

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RE: If you could save one tech company from going under....

3D Realms

I wish Duke Nukem Forever came out... Sad

03-04-2010 02:54 AM

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Duke_Nukem Wrote:

3D Realms

I wish Duke Nukem Forever came out... Sad

Boy, that didn't take long Smile

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03-04-2010 04:02 AM

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RE: If you could save one tech company from going under....

Probably Intelevision, but just because the developers are so totally awesome.
I'd love to get my hands on an Odyssey 2 again, though.

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03-04-2010 04:21 AM

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RE: If you could save one tech company from going under....

If Microsoft was going under, I would save them. But... they doing well kind of. #_#;

Anyways... I would save Packard Bell, and don't ask why. >_<;

Also I would save Sega's console days if given the chance. ^_^;

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03-04-2010 04:23 AM

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I don't know that much about computer companies but if one was going under I would save the little guy's company.

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03-04-2010 04:30 AM

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Bethesda, assuming if it would actually go under.

I plan on working there one day.

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03-04-2010 06:10 AM

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It's a little off topic, but I still have the Timex Sinclair computer my husband used years ago. I think he had to connect it to the TV set. It was about the size of a hardback book and maybe an inch to an inch and a half thick. Since this was from about 1984 I imagine it doesn't have as much memory as today's cell phones. It's probably most useful as a paperweight.

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03-04-2010 06:23 AM

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The tech company I would save is my 8 fingers and 2 thumbs. I use them at some point each day for counting something or another (really.)

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03-04-2010 06:25 AM

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Hey that timex sinclair was fun! Had magnetic storage (audiotape!) and it booted right into Basic! Z-80! Can't go wrong with that. lol.

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03-04-2010 06:33 AM

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Don't laugh, Amstrad, I really enjoyed my 128K COLOUR Amstrad computer. I had to pay for it under hirepurchase as I was just out of school. Although I am sure Sir Alan Sugar isn't going to go broke any time soon. LOL

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03-04-2010 08:37 AM

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For purely selfish reasons, Kesmai and it's game service, Gamestorm.

10 hours of work as a GM per week got me free AOL (meh), unlimited gameplay (yay), a VIP pass every year to GenCon including free dinner and drinks (top shelf stuff).

The tech company i would most like to see fail is EA, for related reasons.

03-04-2010 10:08 AM

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LizzyCollinsDeArc Wrote:

If Microsoft was going under, I would save them. But... they doing well kind of. #_#;

I'm quite the opposite - if I could make one company go under, it'd be MS.

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03-04-2010 10:09 AM