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In article <72174@cup.portal.com>, Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>In addition to the terrific sound and operating systems on PCs,
>and the smooth operating system on Macs, you also get the
>advantages of support from the company that made your computer,

Provided that it is still in business next year.  Also provided that you don't
take the 'upgrade' route and pay $185 for a 386 motherboard to stick into your
AT clone machine.  (This applies only to the PC market.  Apple still supports
their own machines, although any dealer will tell you that if you are still
using a Mac 512KE/Plus/SE you should 'upgrade' by purchasing a new machine).

>AND the not inconsequential benefit of wonderful software support
>from developers who are *happy* to be in the market.

Generally for a price.  Borland, for example, will be more than happy to
support their software over the phone for $2.00/minute.  Shareware authors are
a bit easier to get hold of, but it is no more difficult to get answers from
ST shareware developers than for the PC/Apple markets.

>If David decided to bulk-erase his masters of the Game Workbench
>and say "screw Atari", I wouldn't be surprised.

Of course it would have to be a joint decision between him and Neil.  And it
wasn't Atari that screwed David -- if you want to point the finger of blame at
the people MOST reponsible for the non-release of Game Workbench, point it at
Double-Click Software.

-- David Paschall-Zimbel