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From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: union demo 2
Message-ID: <1991Apr05.082347.2154@ecst.csuchico.edu>
Date: 5 Apr 91 08:23:47 GMT
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Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:

- Lotsa questions about various "demos" for the ST..
-
- These demos are great, but..  is anyone involved in creating the 
- demos also involved in creating anything useful..?
 
No.
 
- If you bother to wait through all the text on most of these demos, 
- they all seem to be self-congratulatory messages between various
- software pirating groups...
 
And there's something wrong with that?  Maybe they should 
congratulate one person.  Maybe they should congratulate, maybe -- 
just maybe, Bob Retelle?  Nah.  It would read, "Greetings to Bob
Retelle.  Scr*w everyone else," or something like that, as they do. 
 
- We've got a wonderful body of "demos" to run on our computers, but 
- do they equate into anything "real"..?
 
I don't know about you, but I bought my STe just to see the CoolSTe 
demo by An Cool.  When I'm not reading Usenet, CoolSTe is always 
playing.  I can't get enough of Janet Jackson's 'Rhythm Nation,' nor 
of Mickey Mouse bouncing around among 4096 colors.  


Okay, sarcasm mode off.  Actually, some of the groups create games 
for the ST.  Is that useful enough? :^D  They also make file packers. 
Then there's TCB (The Carebears) Tracker, Soundtracker module 
creator.  I'm sure there's other stuff that we don't see here in the 
States.

But I agree with you, too bad we don't see more productivity products 
from them.  I think they could write some very nice stuff.

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         Ed Krimen  ...............................................
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