Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!ucsd!nosc!amcc!chuckw 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 -- Invention is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent persperation. -- T.A.Edison "Oh, Mr. McCandles, why I thought you was dead." -- Hotel Clerk "Not hardly" -- The Duke