Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!bbn!spdcc!merk!alliant!rosenkra From: rosenkra@Alliant.COM (Bill Rosenkranz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Another great quote from Mr. Good Message-ID: <2223@alliant.Alliant.COM> Date: 13 Aug 88 04:29:59 GMT Article-I.D.: alliant.2223 References: <3308@druhi.ATT.COM> <1104@atari.UUCP> <364@bdt.UUCP> <399@clio.math.lsa.umich.edu> Reply-To: rosenkra@alliant.UUCP (Bill Rosenkranz) Distribution: comp Organization: Alliant Computer Systems, Littleton, MA Lines: 25 --- i'm sorry, i just can't tolerate this discussion anymore... by not fixing some very nasty bugs in something as basic as memory allocation, you don't get a choice. no one is forcing you to get the new ROMs. you can always keep the old ones and never upgrade. it's just plain stupid to take the stance that we should maintain backwards compatibility for the sake of programmers that tried to fix the the deficiencies themselves. if that were the case, we all would still be using 8-bit systems with 4k memory and no new systems/software would ever be produced. i'd rather have a choice. now you have no choice. how many of the 500,000+ STs do you think will ever see the new ROMs anyway? if atari really wants to please everyone, then offer 2 ROMs: one with and one without :^) the ST is a very nice system (eventhough they recently raised the prices to developers). i don't think even the bitterest of developer out there could deny that. atari corp itself needs a slap upside the head every once in awhile, though... (this is not directed to h.chu in particular...it was just a convenient place to jump in...) -bill