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- From: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Falcon030 -- Truth not Fiction
- Date: 26 Dec 1992 19:56:58 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1992Dec26.182123.10519@cc.umontreal.ca> <1h5ppkINNp78@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1h6kq4INNsuc@life.ai.mit.edu>
- Reply-To: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
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- In a previous article, kosmatoo@JSP.UMontreal.CA (Kosmatos Odisseas) says:
-
- >In article <1h6kq4INNsuc@life.ai.mit.edu> (David Baggett) writes:
- >>In article <1h5ppkINNp78@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> (Len Stys) writes:
- >>
- >>>What is your greatest disappointment with the Falcon030?
- >>
- >
- >>>What do you think is the greatest advantage that the Falcon030
- >>>has?
- >>
- >>A collection of rabid fans who will buy whatever comes out of Atari,
- >>regardless of its quality.
- >
- >You must be one frustrated man to say that. If that were true, why did most
- >people ignore the TT? I'm sure that if the next computer Atari makes is not
- >pretty good, people wouldn't buy it either. Although I think the Falcon is
- >fine, and the 'rabid fans' will make it do some pretty neat things.
-
- I was kind of disappointed by that statement as well.
-
- Was it rabies that caused you to right Game Workbench for the Atari platform
- in the first place Dave?
-
- Really, Atari has ONE very GOOD advantage over other personal computer
- companies such as Apple. This is customer loyalty. And unfortunately,
- the company doesn't appreciate this advantage.
-
- If Apple treated their users, developers, dealers, and publications
- poorly, they would say "Goodbye", but for some strange reason, the Atari
- Community doesn't work this way.
-
- And if I were a part of Atari's management, I would exploit this advantage.
-
- >
- >>>Are you going to buy a Falcon030?
- >>>
- >>>If not, WHY?
- >>
- >>"Yesterday's hardware at today's prices."
- >
- >Yes, there have been computers as powerful as the Falcon with all the features
- >it has, for years now, at sub $1000 prices. NOT!
- >
- >>>Do you have a Falcon030 computer already?
- >>
- >>No, but I pretend to use one on TV. :)
- >
- >I thought you were given a Falcon by Atari when you went on your visit there...
- >Just kiding.
-
-
- No, really, at the end of Dave's article, he wrote that Bill Rehbock
- gave him a Falcon030 because he felt sorry for them.
-
- I'm wondering what happened to this Falcon? Someone else told me that
- Dave didn't get it because it was only Rev.2 or something like that and
- he was suppose to get a Rev.3 machine.
-
- >
- >>
- >>Dave Baggett
- >>--
- >
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