Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!portal!atari!good
From: good@atari.UUCP (Roy Good)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari no-support?
Message-ID: <1028@atari.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 88 17:59:59 GMT
References: <148leigh@byuvax.bitnet> <2064@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <196@bdt.UUCP> <942@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA
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Summary: Standards!!

In article <942@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>, singer@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Matthew R. Singer) writes:
> If after all this Atari thinks they can get "real" developers for
> a 030 machine, based on their past history of support, they have
> been going to the wrong fortune tellers.
> Yep, I'm writing for a Unix based system. But it sure as hell won't
> be on an Atari!
> Matthew R. Singer

If you are writing for a UNIX System V based system, and adhere to the
standard interfaces, then you can certainly offer your product on Atari's
UNIX series, if you want the additional market.
If you really want the easiest way to distribute your efforts, then
by adhering to the Motorola/UniSoft Binary Compatibility Standard you
[in theory (:-)] need only get it working on one 68020/30 system and then
the binaries can be used on any complying system, including Atari's.
Atari is committed to industry standards for the UNIX line, and already
has significant interest from several world-recognized develpment
organizations.

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Roy J. Good
Product Development, Atari Corporation

Views expressed are my own. Atari may agree or disagree; they have the right.
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