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From: chuckw@amcc.UUCP (da implem)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Midi Mega's
Summary: Facts is where you find them.
Keywords: The (questionable?) facts
Message-ID: <504@amcc.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jun 88 16:57:30 GMT
References: <1073@atari.UUCP> <3160@druhi.ATT.COM> <335@bdt.UUCP>
Organization: AMCC., San Diego, Ca.
Lines: 53

In article <335@bdt.UUCP>, david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) writes:
> 
> You said it loud and clear!  When was the last time Atari Corp. ever
> called any of us before spewing out TOTALLY FALSE statements?  And even
[some stuff deleted for brevity] 
> Oh, and today I got a call from Sig Hartmann at Atari,  title here> telling me that I'm "no longer allowed to make negative statements
> on USENET" and that he "is my sole contact for Atari related communications".
[ditto]
> It would be different if I was giving out proprietary information - but
> we're talking about non-technical opinions.  This is America Jack!   
[double ditto]

Dear David,

	I can fully understand why Atari is peeved at you over the tenor of
your USENET postings, and I can appreciate the reasons that you have for
being peeved at Atari.  I am tempted, at times, to simply skip over any
and all of your postings, but I don't, for one major reason.  You are
demonstrably a very experienced and knowledgeable Atari ST user, programmer,
and developer.  This gives TREMENDOUS weight to what you have to say
in response to technical questions, support issues/problem areas, and
how Atari and the ST is viewed within the large and growing readership of
this newsgroup.  So, I don't skip them, and I end up wading through an
incredible morass of hate/kill Atari postings.  Perhaps, you feel some
satisfaction of getting a little bit "of your own" back by harming Atari
Corp. sales so far as you are able.  As for, "this is America Jack", you
are absolutely right that you have the right to pubicly air your opinions;
however, that right may be limitted in cases where, by dent of your
position, influence, access, etc., you materially exert an improper influence
causing culpable harm, which then may be to wit actionable.

	My own experience with the 1040 ST, color monitor, Supra 20MB hard
disk, Panasonic 1080i printer, has been EXTREMELY positive.  The machine
has more than paid for itself; or, I should say, I have produced enough
work, dollar savings, and income to more than offset the investment price
of the equipment.  And, I personally feel that a few more articles stressing
the good features, successes, configurations, and software package benefits,
along with constructive criticisms would do more good and benefit for the
readers of this group, for ST users and owners, and for Atari Corp., than
any quantity of the foaming-at-the-mouth hysterics that we have been
subjected to.

					Sincerly Yours,
					Chuck Werner




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