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- From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Christopher Mauritz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: The flaming of BobR (Was Re: Falcon030, resolutions, ...)
- Message-ID: <9301034927@ritz.mordor.com>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 12:34:42 GMT
- References: <1993Jan2.134358.164@cuphub.cup.edu>
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- (neubert@cuphub.cup.edu) wrote:
- OS/2> In article <72259@cup.portal.com>, Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
- OS/2> > Gordon Farrell asks:
- OS/2> >
- OS/2> >>What did Atari ever do to you to get you so rabid?
- OS/2> >
- OS/2> > Basically, and essentially, Atari Corporation, under the
- OS/2> > management of the Tramiel family took a promising, leading-edge,
- OS/2> > fresh approach, user friendly, and very hopeful computer system,
- OS/2> > and for all intents and purposes, ruined it.
- OS/2> >
- OS/2> > In the process, they also affected the lives and livelihoods of
- OS/2> > a lot of people who tried very hard to support the Atari computer
- OS/2> > line, a lot of whom were, and are, my friends.
- OS/2> >
- OS/2> > Perhaps one of the worst things they've done, again and again,
- OS/2> > is to raise false hopes among those who still support them and
- OS/2> > their computers.
- OS/2> >
- OS/2> > I've been involved with Atari computers since the Warner days,
- OS/2> > and I've supported Atari computer users all that time. I'll be
- OS/2> > among the last group out the door when they turn out the lights
- OS/2> > whenever that might be, too.
-
- OS/2> *VERY* well said, Bob. Though not a developer, I was an early user...
- OS/2> and "believer...yes, I'm using my 1MB 1040STf right now. But after
- OS/2> watching Atari shaft Shiraz and many other good people, I now only read
- OS/2> this group for a good laugh. However, I had to give Bob some support.
-
- I'll throw in my support as well. How many of you guys remember when
- Bob Retelle was one of Atari's biggest boosters on GEnie back in the
- mid 80's? In spite of all his whippings at the hands of those
- bumbling buffoons in Sunnyvale, he still seems to spend a significant
- amount of time on this group helping out pigeo...um...new users with
- problems and such.
-
- It is truly a sign of things to come when you see the Baggetts, the
- Retelles, the Johnsons, the Eisvogs (I know I didn't spell that right)
- and yes, even the Darek Mihokas and Ignak Kolenkos disappear from
- the Atari scene. These guys often went above and beyond the call
- of duty to get out quality products to the Atari community. Let's
- face it, there's no reason for these talented people to hang around.
- There's no money in supporting Atari products and there's not only
- minimal support from Atari for developers, but they even go so
- far as shitting on the few knights of the Fuji table who are still
- around.
-
- Atari's balance sheet and sales are the laughing stock of the computer
- world and Wall Street. Their products are not even close to
- being on the cutting edge of technology anymore, nor are they a
- good bargain (once you add a usable amount of memory, disk, and
- a decent monitor to it). It has gotten to the point where Atari
- could start selling a capable machine (perhaps a 68040-based Falcon)
- and they wouldn't be able to find anyone to write software for it.
-
- The fat lady is taking a deep breath and preparing for one hell of
- a song. Start saving up those Atari stock certificates, they'll
- soon make great kitty litter. Actually, that would be a great
- idea for you militant disaffected users. For $20 bucks
- you could buy enough Atari stock (at about one dollar a share)
- to make a respectable amount of kitty litter. Let your cat use
- it for a few days and then start mailing it to Sunnyvale. :-)
-
- Cheers,
-
- Chris
-
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