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From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari loyalty....How long can it last...
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Date: 18 Aug 89 04:44:37 GMT
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Chuck Rickard asks about Atari management..
>Now you wonder whe~rther this is{_ Atari's ignorance or do they don't care!

>Please reply.  Tell me what you think.  I won't get any responses from Atari
>They don't care.
 
Atari Corp. is run by a bunch of amateurs.  My niece's Junior Achievement
Company could run Atari far better than the current management does.
 
When I think of Atari Corp., I get the mental image of an old Keystone Kops
movie where everyone is chasing themselves back and forth across a long
hallway, in and out of doorways.. no one knowing what's going on, or who's
doing what.
 
Unfortunately, as has been pointed out before, it's THEIR company.. they can
run it any way they want to, as long as they own a majority of the stock.
That includes lying to their customers and dealers, treating user groups
badly, using threats to control dealers, and just generally mistreating
anyone who gets in the way.
 
Neil Harris (who?) once made a comment on CompuServe about Digital Research,
saying in his most clever manner that there was an industry rumor that
the reason DRI didn't do (whatever it was), was that their goal was to stay
a "small company forever"...
 
I thought it was truly ironic that a "mouthpiece" for Atari Corp. would
"cast stones" that way...  The way Atari Corp is managed, they must provide
a tremendous source of amusement in the board rooms of real companies like
Apple and IBM...  if those companies even notice Atari...
 
Yes, I love my ST...  but I'm ashamed of its parentage..
 
BobR