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From: lbl@druhi.UUCP (LocklearLB)
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Subject: Re: FINANCIAL HEALTH OF ATARI
Message-ID: <1037@druhi.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Sep-86 12:12:41 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 22 12:12:41 1986
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In article <8609212031.AA20135@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, menton@v5130b.DECnet.UUCP writes:
> 
>      Re my earlier posting, mentioning a "Computer Chronicles" cable TV
> show in which the financial health of Atari was seriously questioned:
> either they meant 'Commodore', as my friend John Sangster suggested, or
> as C-3PO would put it, "Old data" (I hope - I only caught the last few
> minutes of the show, and it may have been 1 1/2 years old!
> 						Bob Menton
> 						MENTON@NRL-ACOUSTICS
> 
> ------

I am pretty sure that this was old data.  Atari layed off many of their workers
when they were owned by Warner.  This was due to shifting much of the production
of their video games to offshore facilities. I haven't heard of any layoffs since 
Jack has owned the company.

Barry Locklear