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From: rtb@ihlpm.UUCP (Todd)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Bad Atari marketing
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Date: Fri, 10-Jan-86 10:05:53 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 10 10:05:53 1986
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Unfortunately, its worse than ST's being sold in K-MART stores. They
are being sold by JS&A mail order. These are the people that also
sell ionizers and other such nonsense. Price for the CPU with mouse is
299. Color monitor 399 mono monitor 199 disk drive 199. I saw the ad
in the Jan 13 Newsweek. I think that this is an absoulutely stupid
marketing move on Atari's part. I had faith in Mr T., but now I think
the 5 year old down the block has more marketing sense than he does.
I don't know how any future machines ( including the 32 bit work stations
announced in the Electronic Engineering times) will get any respect
at all. If I was the head of Commadore I couldn't ask for a better
break at this time. Time will tell what impact this has on us ST owners.
We can always hope for good software from Europe where the ST seems to
get more respect.

							R.T Bradstrum