Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!vsnyder From: vsnyder@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Van Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Question: Pascal for the ST? Message-ID: <1991May6.203721.5391@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: 6 May 91 20:37:21 GMT References: <1991May3.134817.17871@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> <1991May5.124501.14339@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> Reply-To: vsnyder@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Van Snyder) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Lines: 29 In article <1991May5.124501.14339@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) writes: >>Just out of curiosity, why would a British company last any longer than >>an American of Canadian company? ICD is a solid company that supports >>all of its products. They are also a thriving company. >> > >Because american ST software folks are getting fewer every day. The number >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.... > > Mark Williams C - no more support, working on Coherent > Wordup 3.0 - Company bankrupt > Timeworks - No longer updating US versions (but are still updating UK ones). > Michtron - pushing up daisys. > . . . . . > . . . . . > >Now, when I sink money into a professional application, I make sure that it is > a. European, or > b. Selling well in Europe. > What about TDI? Did you leave them off your list of bankrupt former ST software suppliers because they were European? -- vsnyder@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov ames!elroy!jato!vsnyder vsnyder@jato.uucp