¢EDITORIAL¢Futura Issue 16¢¢¢UNITY¢by Stuart J. Murray, NOSAUG.¢¢ As the Atari 8-bit moves ever closer towards twenty years of processing, I feel it is vital that the remaining supporters (user groups, developers and suppliers) work together to make sure we move into the 21st Century as a strong, united Community. Obviously, there should be competition between supporters. This is healthy and of great benefit to all users. However, this competition must be operated with an overseeing view to the future.¢¢ Without a basic number of supporters, any computer system will wither and die. This is a fact. Just look at most of the other 8-bit systems. Where are they now? However, the Atari 8-bit continues to win the battle for survival! I believe that this is due to the dazzling spirit and neverending commitment from its users. These have been in place for as long as I can remember. This spirit and commitment from the user base MUST be matched by the supporters!¢¢ Healthy competition? Yes, let's have lots of it! By staying on our toes we can offer the user base a quality, low-cost service which resists the temptation amongst users to change to another system.¢¢ Cutthroat business tactics? NO!!! These have no place in the Atari 8-bit Community! If we lose supporters, we ultimately lose users... and the Community as a whole suffers.¢¢ This summer I have been reinforcing NOSAUG's close links with other Atari 8-bit supporters. Yes, we have had our differences with one or two but hopefully these will be ironed out so we can move forward together as a complete Community.¢¢ It is the spirit and commitment of users linked with the high level of service and inter-group cooperation by supporters which will create a stronger Atari 8-bit Community; one which will take the world's greatest ever computer system into the next century and beyond! THERE IS NO STOPPING US!¢¢ATARI 8-BIT FOREVER!¢¢Stu.¢
