Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!csus.edu!ucdavis!csusac!csuchico.edu!ekrimen From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Question: Pascal for the ST? Message-ID: <1991May05.231723.656@ecst.csuchico.edu> Date: 5 May 91 23:17:23 GMT References: <1991May3.134817.17871@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> <1991May5.124501.14339@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> Sender: news@ecst.csuchico.edu (USENET) Organization: California State University, Chico Lines: 55 In article <1991May5.124501.14339@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) writes: > >Because american ST software folks are getting fewer every day. Yes, you may call me optimist, but I see the opposite. The number A >of great products that no longer have support because of bankruptcy is rather >large, and is a shame. From the british ST magazines I read, I do not get >"The end is near" type impressions that I get from US based publications. Geez, Mickey. What publications do you read for ST information?! STart? I wouldn't even use the magazine to line the bottom of my bird cage. I wouldn't miss STart if it was gone tomorrow. There are much better magazines to read in the US for ST information, such as ST Informer, Current Notes, Atari Interface, but I know you've heard this before. Simply because STart is going downhill, which they attribute to the lame ST market, doesn't mean the ST market is going with them. They're going downhill because theirr magazine sucks. (Hmm, now what happens if you don't read STart? :^) >I see neat new hardware/software being offered, with large full color ads. >In the US, I keep getting "Sorry, we do not support the Atari ST" over the >phone (if the phone number still exists, that is). Just a couple off the >top of my head: > > Mark Williams C - no more support, working on Coherent This isn't new. It's been like this for a while. BTW, what about Turbo C and all the other compilers? Because one company bails on the ST market doesn't mean the US market is doomed. > Wordup 3.0 - Company bankrupt Who's going to buy a buggy, slow program? You? Me? That's why the company's bankrupt. BTW, I've heard Atari picked up WordUp 3.0. What about all the other word processor support? WordPerfect? Goldleaf and Wordflair? DTP: Pagestream? They're all US companies and are doing pretty well in the ST arena. However, I'll agree that the ST is lacking a good word processor, on the lines of Word for the Mac. We'll see what happens with Wordflair II. Anyone want to post a demo of it at atari.archive? A -- ||| Ed Krimen [ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu or al661@cleveland.freenet.edu] ||| Video Production Major, California State University, Chico / | \ SysOp, Fuji BBS: 916-894-1261