While his lack of marketing may have been his weakness,
getting product
out the door on time and under cost was a remarkable feat.
The C64 and Vic 20 seemed to be marketed ok, but maybe you mean the PETs?
One thing that interests me is why the early Commodore products, like the
PET, did so well in Europe as opposed to North America? Was it just a lack
of competition in Europe in that Tandy, Atari and Apple didn't focus on
that market in the late 1970s?
Tez