Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eneevax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!qantel!dual!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!eneevax!ravi From: ravi@eneevax.UUCP (Ravi Kulkarni) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga,net.micro.atari Subject: Re: Big, Slimy Atari Ads Message-ID: <372@eneevax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 20:18:14 EDT Article-I.D.: eneevax.372 Posted: Thu Sep 26 20:18:14 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Sep-85 01:52:12 EDT References: <3644@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> <267@ccivax.UUCP> <1112@sdcsvax.UUCP> Reply-To: ravi@eneevax.UUCP (Ravi Kulkarni) Organization: U of Maryland, EE Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 23 Xref: watmath net.micro.amiga:262 net.micro.atari:1224 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. -- ARPA: eneevax!ravi@maryland UUCP: [seismo,allegra]!umcp-cs!eneevax!ravi