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From: rjung@nunki.usc.edu (Robert  allen Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Put up or shut up (was Re: Atari-bashing)
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Date: 23 Dec 88 17:47:15 GMT
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Reply-To: rjung@nunki.usc.edu (Robert  allen Jung)
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Some time before Christmas Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>Among people who DO own Atari computers, you'll ALMOST NEVER hear them
>criticize the MACHINE itself...

  Exactly. Almost all the Atari users I know tend to love the machine, but
hate/are dissappointed with/loathe the management. Very, VERY few think they
got stuck with a "dog". That's probably why we're all the more sensitive to
delayed TOS/Blitter upgrades, and more than somewhat skeptical of new
products and promises. Nevertheless, if we actually HAVE the machines, we
don't seem to really hate them too much (the only exception I can think of
would be the SLM804 Laser).

  Does anyone else who's read Atari's plans for 1989 get the feeling that
it's a "put up or shut up" year in the US? Notice that at the Winter CES,
Atari has pledged increased US advertising/support, and declared the DRAM
shortage over. If Atari does NOT deliver through 1989, where do they run?
What's the excuse?

  Of course, if Atari _does_ deliver in '89, I doubt anybody would be
complaining...  B-)

						--R.J.
						B-)

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