The Amiga Was 10 Years Ahead of Its Time. That’s Exactly Why It Failed.
The Commodore Amiga was a technical marvel—10 years ahead of its time. But its management was so dysfunctional that it squandered that lead entirely. This isn’t just a nostalgic tech story; it’s a brutal lesson for every startup: a great product cannot save you from bad strategy. The industry’s move to inferior but standardized platforms may have been the necessary trade-off for global ubiquity.