¢FUTURA EDITORIAL - ISSUE 9¢by Stuart J. Murray.¢¢¢ Thanks to everyone who wrote in with support for my comments in the last Futura Editorial. If users voice their opinion together, it can become a very loud voice indeed! After all, the user supports the supplier who in turn supports the developer. Take away the support of the user and... KABOOM! Suppliers and developers take note!¢¢¢The Sheep in Sheep's Clothing!¢¢ With the imminent widespread release of the Falcon computer and Jaguar console, I hope Atari Corp. have prepared themselves for an all-out war with the auld enemy, Commodore. Have you noticed all the CD-32 ads on TV lately? Not forgetting of course, the gruesome twosome, Sega and Nintendo! It really is going to be war next year! Let's hope that for once Atari actually market their products successfully rather than play their usual game of follow the leader!¢¢ Having read previews and reviews of the Falcon and Jaguar, I am hopeful of a return for Atari from the depths of the computing graveyard. Mention the word "Atari" to anyone today and you'll get the standard reply: "Oh, come on, the ST is pathetic!" or the ocassional, "Are they still on the go; I thought they died with Space Invaders". I've said it before, and I'll say it again and again until the company get their act together... Atari themselves have a lot to answer for!¢¢ Atari are their own worst enemy! No other computer corporation would drop products of the standard and standing of Atari's products at the time they dropped theirs!¢¢ Everyone knows that the Atari VCS should still be with us today in the form of some kind of "Super 9800" system with 16-bit technology and a 2600/7800 converter!¢¢ Everyone knows that the Atari 8-bit range should have dominated worldwide computing throughout the 1980s!¢¢ Everyone knows that this system should still be supported today, having blasted the C-64 into oblivion way back in 1984! If only!¢¢ Everyone knows that the ST should have been upgraded further and faster to keep the Amiga down! Atari had the lead but fell at the first hurdle!¢¢ Everybody knows... EXCEPT ATARI CORPORATION! Wake up my friends before your sleep becomes a permanent one!¢
