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From: neil@atari.UUCP (Neil Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: CES Summary
Message-ID: <529@atari.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Jan-87 14:51:18 EST
Article-I.D.: atari.529
Posted: Tue Jan 20 14:51:18 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 21-Jan-87 22:04:48 EST
References: <870115-133608-1094@Xerox> <1514@lsuc.UUCP>
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Summary: Price is not the issue.

In article <1514@lsuc.UUCP>, jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) writes:
> In article <870115-133608-1094@Xerox> Bicer.ES@XEROX.COM writes:

> >I, as well as some other people on the net, feel cheated about finding out 
> >Atari's latest products some time after the CES announcements. I have 
> >always felt that on this net, we exchanged information in a timely and 
> >honest manner.

> >Would it have been to much to ask for a message to be sent to the 
> >ST fans at about the time the CES announcements took place.

>      Now, taking these points backwards, Neil *cannot* post to the Net
> before the official release of the information you want (well, he could, but
> then the cat's out of the bag).  If you want Atari information specifically
> from the Net, then the only thing you can do is try to get access to a
> machine closer to him on the path.  To do so will probably cost you quite
> a bit if you happen to live far away from his site.

Thanks, Jim O., for rushing to my defense.  However, in this case its my own
fault.  I made arrangements for uploads of the information to the Atari BBS,
to CIS, and to BIX, while personally uploading it (from my hotel room) to
GEnie.  I forgot about making arrangements for Usenet.  Since I had no net
access from Vegas, I had no recourse.  You are a resourceful group, and
before long someone posted the notices anyway.

Jim is right in saying that we can't post the info before the official
release time.  Since Antic was sworn to secrecy and spilled the beans a day
early anyway, count on them not having the info in time to do so in the
future.  At any rate, I will be sure to remember about y'all for the next
set of earth-shattering news.