Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!sunic!tut!hydra!hylka!jalkio From: JALKIO@cc.helsinki.fi (Jouni Alkio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: TT vs 386 boxes and Apples... Message-ID: <1177@cc.helsinki.fi> Date: 28 Oct 89 23:34:08 GMT References: <46587ca5.14a1f@force.UUCP> <1049@cc.helsinki.fi> <23453@cup.portal.com> Lines: 41 In article <23453@cup.portal.com>, Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes: > > Unfortunately, Atari Corp seems to have an almost eerie talent for bringing > us yesterday's technology at today's prices.. People still buy ST's and MAC's, they are much the same technology (exept that a low-end ST runs faster than a low-end MAC, and has better graphics etc...). Today's prices for ST's are still cheaper than for comparable MAC's (much cheaper if you take the street prices). > > If you wait ( and wait, and wait, and wait) for Atari Corp to stop playing > "games" with PC pocket clones and video games and to begin seriously > addressing their neglected computer market, you'll probably also have one of > the few "nonstandard" computers left in the world... Do you think introducing a PC-pocket clone is playing. Many people really want to buy one. Do you mean that Atari should only introduce computers - not video games? I think it's nice that a company can bring up many different kinds of devices. Do refer to the TT as nonstandard? Is UNIX not a standard?!?! What about all the ST programs there are?? Haven't you heard of the Stacy and the ATW? They are not video games. > Will your company's President approve a purchase order for "Atari Computers" > because they make the "third rate" video games in the world..? I certainly would not work for a company that has such a President! I don't really like prejudiced people. And I know many companies don't care how much their computers cost - they just follow the ad's and keep up their "image". (I think it's much the same as buying expensive clothes.) There are brighter companies, too... And by the way, I don't think I'll work for a company at all. I don't want to be ruled by stupid people. Perhaps I'll be a freelancer or a free artist or something... (If I will not find a company useful and interesting enough.) I don't like that computers are being used to "make profit" etc. (Well, I guess this was a bit too "politic" for this newsgroup....) Jouni Alkio