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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
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Subject: Re: Atari News
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Date: 10 May 88 16:00:13 GMT
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In article <2918@ihlpe.ATT.COM> kimes@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Kit Kimes) writes:
>Atari Corp. is undergoing another corporate restructuring, ...
>... A division company, to be known as Atari Computers, is being formed.  
>
>Since it is not dated April 1, I assume it is for real.  If so, it may be
>the answer to all those that have been Atari bashing lately.  

Sounds interesting, but if all of the Computer business is one division what
does everyone else do? Video games? I'm thinking this would make the org
chart something like ...

				Tramiel Bros...
				     |
	 	+--------------------+-----------------------+
	    Babbitt					  ???????
	    Atari Computers			          VideoGames (2600 et al)
	        |					     |
	+-------+--------+
      Roy      Neil	???
      (SW)     (Mktg)  (HW)

Wonder if they can pull it off. They definitely need to restructure it in
some way. There is no way they can sell a UNIX box (aka '030) without a 
fully staffed customer support division...

--Chuck McManis
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