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From: david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: WHAT ATARI NEEDS TO DO...
Message-ID: <315@bdt.UUCP>
Date: 6 May 88 22:55:06 GMT
References: <209@bdt.UUCP> <115@avsd.UUCP> <4699@cup.portal.com> <5061@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer)
Organization: Beckemeyer Development Tools, Oakland, CA
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In article <5061@cup.portal.com> Jinfu@cup.portal.com writes:
>
>Let me throw in my cents:
>
>Why can those frustrated ST developers/users sell their STs to recoup
>some money to buy a Mac or Amiga, or PS/2 and stop whinning here? If
>you are not happy with the computer, the best thing to do is go for
>another one and stop crying. Just leave us 'stupid' happy users alone
>will you?

It's easy for you to say.  I would love to be able to dump my Atari
hardware to somebody who could use it.  But it's not that simple.

I can't, in good conscience, just forget about the 15,000 or so users
we have that need support for ST products.  It takes ST hardware to
maintain ST products.

We originally had to pay FULL PRICE for Atari devlelopment hardware
(like $800 for an early SH204 drive!).  It wasn't that bad.  I knew it
was risky.  Just the same, I know Atari could have done more for those
of us that helped launch the machine.  We were there back in 1985.
Micro C-Shell sold one hell of a lot of Atari STs in those days!

I've got nothing against anybody out there that likes their ST.  I'm
sorry if that message came accross, becuase it's not how I feel. I'm
not frustrated with the public.  I'm fed up with Atari Corp.

I was simply letting off steam about what the Atari management has done
(and not done) and unless you've dealt with them, you have no room to talk.
You just couldn't possibly understand what it's like.  The worst thing
that's happened to you is that you have to hit 'n' or read about it a
little bit.  Oh that's real tough - a few screens of pain and agony.
-- 
David Beckemeyer			| "To understand ranch lingo all yuh
Beckemeyer Development Tools		| have to do is to know in advance what
478 Santa Clara Ave, Oakland, CA 94610	| the other feller means an' then pay
UUCP: ...!ihnp4!hoptoad!bdt!david 	| no attention to what he says"