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From: rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari Stock (now: what good is Atari?)
Keywords: Atari computers market piracy
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Date: 25 Aug 90 20:18:00 GMT
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In article <1990Aug25.135955.24781@chinet.chi.il.us> saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs) writes:
>   First: a PC-compatible running Windows (or presumably a lower-priced Mac,
>after the announcements Apple is expected to make shortly) gives the user
>everything worth having in the ST, for less money, and with better support.
>True or false?
>   Still false, I think, but getting closer to true by the day.

Stephen goes on to compare various bits of STe and peecee hardware.  To which
I say, all moot if the wallet-toting consumer has never heard of an Atari STe,
can't "kick the tires" on an STe because there are no dealers or large retail
chains that carry STe's, can't find STe software at the local Disks'R'Us.  For
the vast majority of potential buyers, all three are (unfortunately) true.

The mere fact that one can, with sufficient hunting and perseverance, purchase
an STe doesn't mean that large numbers of people will, nor that it makes good
sense for them to do so, even if they spend less initially than on a <insert
your favorite other flavor of low-cost computer>.
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