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From: csbrod@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: How is Atari doing in Europe?
Message-ID: <2821@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Date: 28 May 90 09:41:41 GMT
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Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:

>There are also stories that Atari's onetime lead in the European market is
>beginning to slip...  I too would like to hear some factual reports from
>"real people" in Europe...
> 
>Today, Michael Schutz, one of the editors of Germany's "PD Magazine" stopped
>by the headquarters of AIM Magazine for a visit on his trip around the
>USA, and mentioned that TommySoft, one of their biggest software
>manufacturers has dropped their entire line of Atari software..

Most software manufacturers here in Germany have plans for migrating
to other computers; in the moment, they are waiting and hoping for
a production line TT that comes up to their expectations. The TTs
that ATARI gives to selected developpers now are rather disappointing
(personal opinion).

This doesn't mean that all those German software manufacturers will drop
their ST line completely; but they are preparing for other markets.

I think I've read some figures like "8 percent of all PC sales in Europe
are STs", and Commo sold approx the same here. I don't know how reliable
this information is, and whether "8 percent" means 8 percent of all
computers sold or just 8 percent of the total cashflow.


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