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From: drs@bnl.ARPA (David R. Stampf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Changes/fixes to OS
Message-ID: <385@bnl.ARPA>
Date: 3 Mar 88 14:10:32 GMT
References: <4516@garfield.UUCP> <993@atari.UUCP> <995@atari.UUCP> <1115@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> <1720@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Reply-To: drs@bnl.UUCP (David R. Stampf)
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In article <1720@ssc-vax.UUCP> benoni@ssc-vax.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel) writes:
>In article <1115@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu>, c60b-at@buddy.Berkeley.EDU (John Kawakami -0^0-) writes:
>> calls.  I think we need more adherence to the "rules".  But we
>> also need clearer rules and bug free functions (or at least docu-
>> mented bugs).  Of all the 'new' machines, the ST has the worst and
>> most difficult to find manuals.
>Ok...the question of the day...
>If we have such a hard time getting bugs fixed like the 40 folder
>problem now, what will happen when Atari releases the 68030 Unix(/Idris ?) 
>machine AND THE Abaq system? :-)

	Must be a newcommer - You are not going to see 68030 machines nor (I bet) an
Abaq out of atari any time soon.  (Soon in a Geologic sense).  See the past history of
PC clones, hardware upgrades, (Face it folks - the Mega is a 1040 in a new box - 
period), documentation and the like.  Anything with a 68030 or a Transputer will put
them in the same price range as the big boys and Atari will be crushed - they just
have no concept of support and quality.

	They should have stuck to the game market - that seems to be the direction that
the ST is heading in anyway.  Have you seen one of their Blessed Retailers lately -
all games and very little else of substance.  Even the cheerleading magazines are
looking a little grey around the gills lately.

	< dave