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From: daniel@pkmab.se (Daniel Deimert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: FLAMES and SUPPORT IN THE MINUS REALM
Message-ID: <2391@pkmab.se>
Date: 12 Dec 89 12:54:33 GMT
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Reply-To: daniel@pkmab.se (Daniel Deimert)
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In article <6983@chaph.usc.edu> jjung@sal-sun10.usc.edu (John Jung) writes:
>In article <2369@cuphub.cup.edu> kar7481@cuphub.cup.edu (Dan Karbowsky;AtariEliteOfPghPa bbs412-384-5609) writes:
>>In article <1864@atari.UUCP>, kbad@atari.UUCP (Ken Badertscher) writes:
>>> I'm not way off base. I may be wrong in your case, and in fact I may be
>>> wrong in the case of every person who reads comp.sys.atari.st!...
[a lot of text deleted]
>> BUT HAVEN'T YOU REALIZED THAT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF PERSONS ON THIS
>> NEWSGROUP SEEM TO BE ***QUITE PISSED OFF*** AT ATARI FOR NOT GIVING
>> ANY REALISTIC SUPPORT IN ANY WAY TO ANY ST USERS/PROGRAMMERS/WHATEVERS
>
>  But why should Atari support the end-users/public domain programmers? Most
>people who own computers have absolutely no desire whatsoever to program it.
>They just want to _use_ it and possibly play games one it. _THAT'S_ it. They

One of the most common _uses_ for any kind of computer IS programming!

And the reason for supporting is _very_,_very_ simple:  WE, THE END-USERS
ARE C U S T O M E R S !  [And The Customer is _always_ right, remember? :-)]

What Atari Corp. ]_not_ Ken personally] should care about is keeping
their customers satisfied. Rule One in any serious business!

>
>  However, I do wish Atari would make some of the ST's technical specs
>available for any end-user who wants it, but doesn't have the money to get the

That's what it's all about...