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From: c60c-3ds@e260-3c.berkeley.edu (John Kawakami)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: ST future
Keywords: should i have bought an amiga
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Date: 2 May 89 05:37:24 GMT
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In article <602@greens.UUCP> allegro@sunpix.UUCP ( SunNCAA) writes:
>     I'm fairly new to the ST realm (6 mos) and after aquiring a 520 ST,
> 40 meg HD, modem, memory upgrade, and gobs of software, I keep hearing that
> atari will soon drop the ST line in favor of a 'GAME MACHINE'!
>
Yeah, what is this game machine?!?!  Atari won't drop the ST line.  They 
can't be THAT stupid:-)  Besides, as hot as video games are, neither the
ST nor Amiga will be able to be the hot next video game.  They are far
too expensive.  And the ST is probably doing well.  How else would they
show a profit, from the XEGS?  The 7800?  Licensing the Fuji logo?
>
[some questions deleted. I haven't the answer]>
>     I bought my system especially for development work geared toward the home
> market,
>            Will this market disappear? (did it ever exist?)
I think the home market for a VCR programming kit is there:-]  Other than that,
I can't think of any "home" applications I use my machine for.  Plenty of
comp-sci, school, game, hobby, art, music, tutorial, lab, and data applications
come to mind, but no home applications.  You have to develop for a niche.
>
>     I had a hard time deciding between the ST and the Amiga. I picked the ST
> because I thought it had a bright future. Now I'm afraid I was wrong. 

The future of any machine is as bright as you make it. 

         John Kawakami               
   c60c-3ds@web.berkeley.edu