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From: mboen@nixpbe.UUCP (Martin Boening)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Pirating on the ST in the USA
Message-ID: <382@nixpbe.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 89 05:52:41 GMT
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I0908@DKAFHS1.BITNET writes:

>I just wanted to pass on the following information:

>The June 1989 issue of ST Magazin (german) prints an interview (p. 154) with
>Gilman Louie, programmer of 'F16 Falcon'. At one point he mentions that
>only few companies in the USA are developing software for the ST
>because of pirating.
>
[ quotation deleted ]

In the same interview Mr. Louie also stated, that there aren't as many STs
around in the US as there are PCs, MacIntoshes or Amigas. However, in
order to justify his remark about pirating on STs in the US, maybe he
could tell us, how many PCs, how many MacIntoshes, how many Amigas, how
many STs there are around in the US. Then we might be able to put the
sales figures for Falcon into relation with the number of machines around.
If the percentage of copies sold for STs is significantly lower than for
Amigas, THEN I might accept the claim that the ST is a pirating machine and
the rest aren't. Otherwise I have to put it down as policy for covering up
that Falcon ST appeared later than the other versions or that it's going
to be dropped.

Martin

(Disclaimer: In this issue, I speak for myself, if at all)
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