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From: seitz@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Eric Seitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari fair at Duesseldorf (West Germany)
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Date: 14 Sep 88 04:55:51 GMT
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In article <379@bdt.UUCP> david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) writes:
>
>I've been hearing this "dying computer" attitude from dealers, distributors,
>and even some magazine publishers (always the last to go) for several months,
>but I've been reluctant to say anything because I feared it would be construed
>as nothing more than an attempted stab at Atari.   It isn't.   It truly
>appears that Atari has played out their last hand.  According to reports
>from dealers and distributors sales have fallen dramatically. 
>
	Originally, I flamed David for his negative articles.  Now I believe
he has a point.  The computer store I work at during breaks has dropped ST
hardware.  I'm hearing a lot of the same negative feelings that Dave is.
However, in the last month I've started hearing more good news.  I'm seeing
more new products and hearing more optimistic reports on Atari products and
Atari's future.  Some dealers are doing poorly, others are doing very well.
Overall, I think Atari was dying.  Now they've stablised, but they still
have a long road to recovery.  I don't think the ST will ever replace MS-DOS
or the Mac, but it still may have a viable future.

>-- 
>David Beckemeyer			|
>Beckemeyer Development Tools		| "Reckon the Ball's plumb open now,
>478 Santa Clara Ave, Oakland, CA 94610	| and it's `swing partner'!"
>UUCP: {rutgers,sun}!hoptoad!bdt!david 	|

						Matt Seitz
						seitz@cory.berkeley.edu