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From: rosenkra@Alliant.COM (Bill Rosenkranz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Ha ha ha ha, ho ho ho ho, he he he... Atari 030 box (giggle)
Message-ID: <1519@alliant.Alliant.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 88 05:27:13 GMT
References: <679UD140469@NDSUVM1> <47483@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: rosenkra@alliant.UUCP (Bill Rosenkranz)
Organization: Alliant Computer Systems, Littleton, MA
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In article <47483@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes:
->I agree with Scott that the '030 is some of the best vapor to seep from 
->Atari in some time (at least they were showing ABAQ's when they started
->talking about it). And I would typically dismiss it as a fantasy of some
->press release writers at Atari central, with a couple of caveats.

	[ and alot of other far too rational and realistic observations
	  about '030/unix workstations to even make the Flying Tramiels
	  crack a smile (except maybe in private) ]

your analysis is flawless with one minor (?!?!) exception: Atari Corp
is a media event more than a computer company. all this weird pre-pre-pre-
product announcement stuff (CD ROM/WORM (?), 030/unix/$5k, etc. ad nauseum)
is just too outlandish to be anything else. did Sun Microsystems go from
zero to $1 billion with such nonsense? heck no. they had REAL competiton
from the likes of $.5 billion apollo. they acted professionally. atari
REALLY is a game company, catering to the ever increasing sophistication
of the mass market. be honest: if you had $25k to spend on a system, would
you really buy it from atari or from sun/apollo/hp/apple. c'mon, everybody,
look at atari as a source of amusement. don't get upset! just go with the
flow and the mesmerizing chant of P. T. Tramiel....

because most of us DON'T have $25k for a system, we'll still buy their stuff
and you know it! 

(please don't take this as an insult, it is not meant to be. i thought you
did a fine job in your analysis. i just wonder if atari is as astute as you!)


-bill