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From: cr1@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Christopher Roth)
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Subject: Re: Genlock inquiry
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Date: 10 Jan 90 15:19:03 GMT
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In article <90010.000352SML108@PSUVM.BITNET> SML108@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>In response to my response to an ST flame...
>
>I only call people names when appropriate, I'm not going to knock a great
>computer, only the attitude of its owner...
>
>It's getting even more moot these days.  The STE appears to have everything
>the Amiga originally had over it in a slightly less elegant fashion, and this
>makes the price difference even more questionable...
>
>If only the dimbops would advertise the thing on MTV like the smart people at
>Commodore.  I shouldn't complain though, at least they aren't trying to sell
>the Lynx by word of mouth (yeah I know about the Amiga/Lynx connection, I
>LOVE that!)
>
>What I really wish would happen is that Apple recruit Atari to make a mac
>for the home market.  The real expertise Atari has is in making hardware
>dirt cheap.  Yes, the Stacy is just that, but if Atari doesn't push the thing,
>it won't make a gnat's yeast infection of a difference...
>
>Commodore deserves to dominate the desktop video market.  They entered it the
>same time as atari, but unlike atari, they supported it, rather than get lost
>in their own machinations, confusing everyone...
>  My reply was only to the dimwit who aimlessly blasted the ST because of
>obvious insecurity over the size of his peripherals, rather than actually
>spouting some truth about the Amiga's dominance of desktop video...

I think Atari is a great machine.  I love my ST and prefer it over any
other computer I can think of that I could afford to buy.  Right now,
it seems  to me like there is a hole in the computer market.  C64 is
going out, and C128 never really was a big deal.  There is nothing for
the person who doesn't know much about computers, doesn't WANT to know
much about computers, or doesn't NEED to know much about them.
Nothing for the casual home user who wants to play games and also do
some serious stuff on it.  The Atari ST could fill this gap, but they
do not advertise.  Half the people I ask do not even know what an ST
is.  It is all well and good that things are different in NY and the
west coast, but tht isn't going to help Atari.  Atari doesn't have a
bad image...right now, they have NO image.
   You guys at Atari listening?  I also think that advertising on MTV
is DUMB.  But it would be smart to get more dealerships open across
the US...Buy advertisement in computer magazines. (I was happy to see
ATari ST mentioned in Computer Shopper)...support the product!  And
get rid of some of these distributors that aren't getting products to
the dealers that they have...or should have...
   Tell you what, Atari can hire me as a campaign manager for the US.
I'll accept the job for ...oh, to be generous...40,000 a year.
 
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