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- From: aeg03@rrz.uni-koeln.de (Jan T. Kim)
- Subject: Re: Buying a Falcon (was: Falcon Graphics)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep08.150907.113130@rrz.uni-koeln.de>
- Organization: Regional Computing Center, University of Cologne, F. R. Germany
- References: <Bu1Dyu.IA0@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1992Sep4.151149.8953@newshost.lanl.gov> <1992Sep08.005119.160610@rrz.uni-koeln.de> <1992Sep8.010908.3797@spcvxb.spc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 15:09:07 GMT
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- In <1992Sep8.010908.3797@spcvxb.spc.edu> mauritz_c@spcvxb.spc.edu writes:
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- >In article <1992Sep08.005119.160610@rrz.uni-koeln.de>, aeg03@rrz.uni-koeln.de (Jan T. Kim) writes:
- >> In <1992Sep7.153742.21904@zooid.guild.org> Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org> writes:
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- >> I think 486/33MHz systems can be had for less than DM 4,000.--,
- >> including a monitor. OS/2 or any other OS probably is not
- >> included. But when it comes to OS/2, I agree that it is
- >> comparable to MultiTOS, however, the software base of TOS is much
- >> more powerful at the moment than the software base of OS/2
-
- >> You can call the Atari managers whatever you want. What counts to
- >> me is the computer, not the people running the corporation that
- >> produce it. If it's good, why not buy from "clowns"? If someone
- >> outrageously exploits people or the environment, that makes a
- >> good reason not to buy from him at all, but if I don't like
- >> someone I can still buy from him.
-
- >This doesn't make sense. If you think that a company is poorly
- >run, then it follows that its bungling will leak into all of its
- >activities. The reason I never bought another Atari computer is
- >not because I didn't like them, but because I had no confidence
- >in the company producing it. The Falcon could quite easily become
- >the Osborne of tomorrow.
-
- Why is Atari poorly run? I don't see how this can be said of a
- company who are about to release a pretty nice computer. And
- regarding advertising and making fuss about their products, I
- agree this is important when marketing stuff like the Lynx, but
- for "real computers" it's good practice to let the users make a
- decision based upon the facts instead of yelling "Great!
- Gorgeous! Fantastic!! BUY IT!!!" into their ear all the time.
-
- Greetinx, Jan
-
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