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From: kawakami@earthquake.Berkeley.EDU (John Kawakami)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari's Quarterly Results ($5.4 Million Lost) :)
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Date: 4 Feb 90 10:15:25 GMT
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In article <485d8c5b.14a1f@force.UUCP> covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) writes:
>
>well, once again Atari Corp has shown how much it cares about the
>USA market by releasing its new products overseas first. I really wonder
>just how committed Atari corp is to the USa market anyway??

1.  I didn't know there was a sea between the USA and Canada.
2.  I think Atari ships to other countries first because Atari diddles
    too long figuring out how to market the machines here.  The Atari
    has a serious identity crisis.
2a. I don't think shipping to other countries is such a bad thing, especially
    if the dollar is weak elswhere.


>
>So, I am happy that the STe isn't Vaporware but it just joins the group of
>other Atari products that have never been sold here in the USA. Like th
>entire line of PC clones, the TT, and now the STe. Geez, when will Atari 
>ever learn that the USA is not some hick third world country?
>
>

I was always under the impression that most ST/Megas are sold in 1st
world countries like W Germany, Great Britan, Canada, and France.



John Kawakami       kawakami@earthquake.berkeley.edu
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