Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: Big, Slimy Atari Ads Message-ID: <5994@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 12:00:04 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.5994 Posted: Thu Sep 26 12:00:04 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 26-Sep-85 12:00:04 EDT References: <3644@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> <267@ccivax.UUCP>, <1112@sdcsvax.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 13 > 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. If Atari sold two versions, one built in the US (with a higher price and lower quality) and one built overseas, which one do you think would sell best? Is it really patriotic to encourage inferior and overpriced local products to remain so? Certainly when US products are doing well against foreign competition, we hear a lot about how "the free market" does wonders for the quality and price of products. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry