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From: david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari's hush hush policy
Message-ID: <541@bdt.UUCP>
Date: 10 Apr 89 20:19:59 GMT
References: <890408030521.907349@PCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM>
Reply-To: david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer)
Organization: Beckemeyer Development Tools, Oakland, CA
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In article <890408030521.907349@PCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM> Friesen%PCO@BCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM writes:
>Lately people have been flaming Atari for not giving out information of
>products early.  These are probably the same people who flamed Atari for
>always giving out information before products were released!

I think both arguments boil down to the same underlying complaint:

Atari doesn't actually *do* anything.

When they were announcing products all over the place, showing them
at trade shows etc.,  people complained because the products never
actually appeared.

Now Atari never annouces anything (although they hint and still show
stuff that may never be available for sale) and people are complaining
because they don't hear anything about new products.

Really it's the same argument.   Atari hasn't got any new products
worth talking about and they're now avoiding talking about stuff that
will never happen.  Either way people are gonna complain about nothing
new and exciting ever making it to a store near them.

Hey maybe they'll prove me wrong this time!  :-)
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