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- From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: word on US falcons???
- Message-ID: <68916@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 92 23:57:40 PDT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <Bx0xAp.J73@rahul.net> <Bx2Mv0.Ku9@chinet.chi.il.us>
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- Stephen Jacobs writes:
-
- >The announcement that there would be Falcons in the US as soon as FCC approv
- >could be obtained, and probably in mid-October came directly from Sam Tramie
- >One of the more important things to learn in dealing with US corporations is
- >that the president is never an official spokesman for the company. Basicall
- >anything the president says is a wish, not a commitment. To the best of my
- >knowledge, the only official spokesman for Atari in public discussions is
- >Bob Brodie.
-
- Say what...??
-
- You mean to tell us that if Lee Iacocca tells the world in a
- Press Conference that Chrysler will be bringing out a new model
- car in November that will get 200 mpg and cost $500, that it
- ISN'T an "official" announcement, and we have to wait for
- "Joe Nobody" in the Chrysler marketing department to give us
- the "real" scoop..?
-
- I'm sorry... that's just B.S...
-
- If the President of Atari Corp can get on a national information
- service and give out "information", that "information" is as
- "official" as it gets.
-
- I don't remember any disclaimers before or after the conference saying
- that anything Sam Tramiel says is not to be considered truthful or
- "official"...
-
- I'll bet Sam himself would be surprised to find out that Bob Brodie
- outranks him in the "official" capacity..
-
- And... I think Sam can probably do his own apologizing...
-
- BobR
-