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From: ravi@eneevax.UUCP (Ravi Kulkarni)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga,net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: Big, Slimy Atari Ads
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Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 20:18:14 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 26 20:18:14 1985
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In article <1112@sdcsvax.UUCP> jww@sdcsvax.UUCP (Joel West) writes:
>My main complaint was the ad with the American flag (e.g. Infoworld cover,
>8/19/85) with the big letters "America -- We built it for you."
>
>Last time I checked, Atari had moved all its manufacturing overseas.
>So while they want to appeal to patriotism to buy it, they have
>no interest in returning the favor when building it.

I am not in favor of hype in advertising, but just to offer some
balance. I saw an interview with Jack Tramiel where he said he was
using existing facilities in taiwan to build the ST. He claimed
that labor accounted for only 2% of the cost to build the ST and
that 75% of the parts were made in the usa. The actual design of
the ST based on the schematics is by Atari, Japan.

-ravi

P.S. The atari ST and commodore amiga are not toys and in many ways
are superior to the "toys" some business types use.

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