I’d say that Apple was the exception not the rule. Like a modern Silicon Valley startup it was partnered by both a technical mind and a business savvy mind, who (unlike Tramiel) remained at the helm during the worldwide shift of business computing to IBM PC. Also, Apple didn’t participate in the race to the bottom, and concentrated on making a high quality product that justified its price tag as a serious business machine. Amiga started out trying to be the cut price Apple, but the entered the game too late. But it is tantalising to think what could have been if Amiga was founded alongside someone who had business savvy
