Posted By
JamesC
on 2005-06-06
19:36:27
|  Re: Regarding Commodrore's ownership of MOS
Commodore made their money on the front end -- MOS's profits went directly to Commodore. Rather than charge (for example) $12 per chip and then expect $1 per chip paid back to Commodore by Atari, Nintendo, etc., MOS simply charged the (kickback included) $13 per chip.
Commodore's financier in the early years, J.P.Morgan, was investigated (and convicted, I believe) of financial fraud. Tramiel himself was investigated but never charged with a crime. With that said, I'm sure that Tramiel's later partner (Irving Gould) made sure that Commodore's books were kept legal and ethical.
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