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- From: molin@ptb.cl.msu.edu (Michael Olin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: ISO, Atari Corporate History material
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- Date: 23 Jan 93 02:07:31 GMT
- References: <5lmal83@Unify.Com> <1jo05pINNiok@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <1993Jan22.161
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- 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:
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- >If you want to criticize Jack Tramiel for not running the company in a
- >'perfect' manner, you probably can,
-
- Thank you. That's what I did. The Tramiels are Atari's biggest obstacle,
- bar none. Sam is clearly a pathological liar, as you'll recall he stated
- he had seen the production line spewing Falcons back in September (?) yet
- today they're finding out these 3-month-old machines are defective???
-
- >Also, as far as the microcomputer market is concerned, I don't think there is
- >_that) teremendous of a difference between Atari's future and IBM's. (The key
-
- I don't really give a flip if IBM folds or not. It's irrelevant to the
- state of Atari. The current state of Atari is directly attributable to
- the state of Atari's management, and no amount of smoke screening is
- gonna hide that. Of course, the people at Forbes were probably mis-
- informed...
-
- >This will make Atari, Apple, and IBM much more competitive with each other. I
-
- If you think Atari is EVER gonna compete with IBM, then I have some prime
- development property in Florida I'd like to sell you.
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