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In article <71398@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>Volker Brandt told us about a "Data Diet" type compression
>program...
> 
>That's great.. but.. how come no one else has ever heard of
>"DataLight"..?

Well, depends on your definition on "someone else" ...

>Wouldn't you think that in a "world class" market like Atari
>wants us to think of them as being a part of.. that a program
>like that would have world-wide recognition..?
> 
>How about a little "marketing..?"

Hmmm ... just flip open any one of the top German Atari ST magazines, and look 
at the full-page ad that tells you all about DataLight.

I know about the situation that a lot of useful software is known only here in 
Germany and/or Europe, but there's not much I can do.  That's the way the ST
market works, and I have to admit that I have to hide a little smile about the
fact that for once the Europeans aren't screwed and squeezed dry by US mfgrs
like on the PC market (shame on me, I know :-)

Maybe if you do a little less ST bashing on the net, and a little more letter-
writing to Atari and walking into dealers and asking for ST, you could improve
your situation?  I don't know.


To end on a positive note, I'll find out if there's a US distribution for
DataLight, and will post details here.


-- Volker
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