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From: rjd@brunix (Rob Demillo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Federated:  Dumped by Atari!   Shame on you, Atari!
Keywords: Federated, Atari
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Date: 21 Mar 89 14:49:02 GMT
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In article <1308@sdcc15.ucsd.edu> pa1132@sdcc15.UUCP () writes:
>   Federated is left to die on its own.  We should
>condemn Atari for its irresponsibility!  And if Atari can do this to
>Federated employees, nobody knows what Atari can do to Atari
>employees in the future!

Jeez! Calm down...haven't you been paying any attention to 
this net (oer the newspapers) at all? The Atari-Federated 
marraige was polluted from the beginning, with the Federated
chain doing its best to keep Atari frustrated to begin with.
It was a huge money sink for Atari. (A huge drop in profits
was reported last quarter because Atari was sinking money into
this Federated deal.) Of *course* Atari is cutting them 
free, any business would.

Irresponsibility...'left to die on its own'...what the heck are
you talking about...a chain of stores or a woodland creature
caught in a bear trap...if anyone can be blamed for loss of
jobs at Federated, its the CEO of Federated...they should have
upheld their end of the deal.

Companies go under...that's big business. Would you rather that
Atari spend $40M/quarter floating Federated's losses? 


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