Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!gatech!psuvax1!psuvm!sml108 From: SML108@PSUVM.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Apathy and Defeatism Message-ID: <89223.101222SML108@PSUVM> Date: 11 Aug 89 14:12:22 GMT References: <21183@cup.portal.com> Distribution: na Organization: Penn State University - Center for Academic Computing Lines: 38 In response to an interesting story comparing Atari to Latin America.... Your points on piracy are well taken, and in fact very valid. However, there is NO way I am going to stop badmouthing Atari until I see them release and support something, period.... It really isn't difficult to do. Unless of course they are taking the dyslexia approach to the computer market: Build a great machine, and then give it zero support rather than build a mediocre box, and then advertise it to death... I bought my ST within 3 months of its initial release. I love it. I developed and released the program Genesis through Antic Software, and am currently preparing a second program for release. I still believe in the ST, but I am now aiming somewhat for the European Market as the American market is limited du to the small number of dealers out there. I realize that the program WILL be pirated to death. This does not mean I won't make alot of money, but to you people that do pirate it, you're scum, and there will be some interesting twists built into it JUST for you. Nothing illegal mind you, but I certainly hope to make you pound your machine a few times in frustration... The point of that last paragraph is that I still support the ST, but Atari appears to be the Rainman of the computer industry, and if they don't get their act together with the TT, they will perish, and justifiably so... I have never cared much for what people think of me, so I have generally stated with reasonable pride that I own an ST, and when people snicker, I laugh in their faces, very loudly generally. The ST market is far from dead, you just have to be cagey about what and where you buy. However, a bozo is a bozo is a bozo, and most of them own IBM's and Apple IIgs's because of their names, the same reason that one purchases a BMW over an Acura or Nissan. These people won't change, so why worry about them ? Scott Le Grand