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From: rogers@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Bob Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Software pricing (was Re: WHAT ATARI NEEDS TO DO...)
Message-ID: <673@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Date: 29 Apr 88 19:40:03 GMT
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Reply-To: rogers@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Bob Rogers)
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In article <305@bdt.UUCP> david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) writes:
>And this is the reason that the ST will follow in the footsteps of the VIC-20,
Sadly, the VIC-20 had better support than the ST, both from its maker and from 
3rd parties.

>They're seeing devlopers drop off like long horns in
>a snow drift.
Is this true?  Seems to me that its more a problem of developers never getting
into the ST market in the first place.  Can anyone name some developers who
have dropped the ST?

>Not only cheap PC clones, but what about real brand-name machines like
>cheap Macs, cheap IBMs.
Good point - I was surprised to find that both the Mac Plus and low-end
PS-2s are now cheaper than comparable ST systems.   Atari _had_ price as
a  selling point -- what's left now?  

>And of course the clones are usually way cheaper than an ST.  So how
>does Atari back up what they claim in their ads?
It's a Tramiel operation - they don't have to back up their claims!
-- 


Bob Rogers					        rogers@StPaul.NCR.COM
NCR Comten, St. Paul, MN