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Irving Gould (?-2001) was a Canadian businessperson
Businessperson

A businessperson is someone who is employed at usually a profit-oriented business, or more specifically, someone who is involved in the management of a company ....
 credited with both saving and sinking Commodore
Commodore International

Commodore, the commonly used name for Commodore International, was a United States electronics company based in West Chester, Pennsylvania which was a vital player in the home computer/personal computer field in the 1980s....
. He gave the necessary funding to Jack Tramiel
Jack Tramiel

Jack Tramiel is a businessman, best known for founding Commodore International - manufacturer of the Commodore PET, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Commodore Amiga, and other Commodore models of home computers....
 to keep Commodore running during several periods of financial problems. Irving Gould and Mehdi Ali (then Commodore's Managing Director) have been accused of causing the death of Commodore in 1993-1994 by making a series of mistakes like trying to maximize profit by producing low cost equipment and mis-marketing the Amiga
Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation. Development on the Amiga began in 1982 with Jay Miner as the principal hardware designer....
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Irving Gould (?-2001) was a Canadian businessperson
Businessperson

A businessperson is someone who is employed at usually a profit-oriented business, or more specifically, someone who is involved in the management of a company ....
 credited with both saving and sinking Commodore
Commodore International

Commodore, the commonly used name for Commodore International, was a United States electronics company based in West Chester, Pennsylvania which was a vital player in the home computer/personal computer field in the 1980s....
. He gave the necessary funding to Jack Tramiel
Jack Tramiel

Jack Tramiel is a businessman, best known for founding Commodore International - manufacturer of the Commodore PET, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Commodore Amiga, and other Commodore models of home computers....
 to keep Commodore running during several periods of financial problems. Irving Gould and Mehdi Ali (then Commodore's Managing Director) have been accused of causing the death of Commodore in 1993-1994 by making a series of mistakes like trying to maximize profit by producing low cost equipment and mis-marketing the Amiga
Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation. Development on the Amiga began in 1982 with Jay Miner as the principal hardware designer....
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