Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/3/85; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ukma!knnngt From: knnngt@ukma.UUCP (Alan Kennington) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: ST marketing Message-ID: <2458@ukma.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 19:47:01 EST Article-I.D.: ukma.2458 Posted: Wed Jan 8 19:47:01 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Jan-86 07:15:13 EST Reply-To: knnngt@ukma.UUCP (Alan Kennington) Organization: Univ. of KY Mathematical Sciences Lines: 13 Distribution: Has everyone seen page 34 of Tuesday's New York Times? "Last week Atari said it was pulling its new 520 ST out of computer retail stores, where it fared poorly, and was moving it to mass-market channels. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nev., later this week, Atari is expected to introduce a new more powerful version of the computer for the computer speciality stores." Even gloomier comments are made about the Amiga's sales: "They would have been lucky to get rid of 35,000." "What crippled Amiga sales...." etc. ...ak