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From: danscott@atari.UUCP (Dan Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari Explorer & TT
Message-ID: <1417@atari.UUCP>
Date: 29 Mar 89 19:20:03 GMT
References: <664@forty2.UUCP>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA.
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in article <664@forty2.UUCP>, poole@forty2.UUCP (Simon Poole) says:

>>Recently in a GEnie Conference, Sam Tramiel stated that Atari Corporation
>>is working on 68030 based products (i.e. the 'TT). However, until these 
>>products are further along, we will not release any specifications.
> 
> With others words the answer is NO (matter of fact Sam Tramiel saying 
> that Atari is working on something normally means that it will never be a
> product), this is just for the benefit of those on the net that do not
> have three and a half years experience of Atari watching (and interpreting
> statements from Atari).


I would like to know how one can read *SO MUCH* into a statement stating that
we (Atari Corp.) are working on a project (in this case the TT)?  In order
for one to get the full scope of the conversation, one *MUST* look at the
entire GEnie transcript (available for download in the GEnie files area).  If
you don't, it is akin to walking into the middle of a private conversation and
interupting....

I've seen this "we're not going to believe any statement you make" feeling
for the last couple of weeks (ever since we started talking about new
products we are getting ready).  Basically the entire company is being
called a 'lier' when a new product is mentioned.

Dan/Atari Corp.