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From: cr1@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Anubis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari slanders Micro RTX and MT C-Shell
Summary: Bad Business Strikes Again
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Date: 7 Aug 90 14:20:28 GMT
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Reply-To: cr1@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Chris Roth)
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In article <1391@ruunsa.fys.ruu.nl> muts@fysaj.fys.ruu.nl (Peter Mutsaers /100000) writes:
>david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) writes:
>
>>Personally I am outraged by these comments.  I'm asking you to
>>help support me and write Start Magazine and Atari Corp. expressing
>>your reaction to these statements.  There are only a few Atari ST
>>developers left, and with practices like these, Atari is going to
>>lose even more.
>

I don't blame you for being sore, Dave.   Not only was it a bad move on
Foster's part to say ANYTHING about RTX when he has never used it, but
it is just plain bad journalism for START to allow that sort of thing
in their publication.  I think both parties should offer a published
appology.

>I've seen some stupid remarks in START magazine quite regularely. For
>example lately it was stated that Turbo C's new object format was no
>improvement because 'noone needs external references of 32 characters'
>as opposed to the 8 characters digital research's object format has.
>I guess these people have no idea what they talk about, and
>have never tried to port a source that consists of more than one file
>to the ST.

  Didn't see that one.  Was it an opinion piece, a review?  I've found
Start to be a pretty good magazine overall.  

>
>About RTX: I don't have the C-shell, but the RTX kernel is very nice
>and about the best multi tasking possible on a machine like the ST.
>Minix with it's shadowing is too heavy for the ST.

I don't have RTX at at all. Can someone give me some information on it?
Is there a demo anywhere to look at?  An address to buy it/contribute 
towards it should I see it to be the most awesome thing since sliced
toast?  
 
Also, where do we send our gripe mail to Atari?


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