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In article <74045@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>>Sorry, but I can't remember Mr. BobR's original question.
>
>The question was, why would a retailer be "anti-Anything" that
>he sells..?
> 
>(Unless it was the other unanswered question, which was, where
>did you buy your Falcon..?)
> 
>BobR

Hokay. I'm not trying to flame here, just answering the question.
Point one: They're still selling Atari's. I never said they totally stopped
           selling them. In fact, I think they still have a healthy
           turnover there...
Point two: They advocate using the Mac more than they recommend using the
           Atari.
Point 3  : Most musician's are not too fussy about which computer they use,
           as long as it doesn't cost too much, and it has suitable software.

Seemingly irrelevant points? I say nay!! Let me explain.
The store does not reccomend Atari because of its price tag. It is a lot 
cheaper than the Mac (I'm not talking about list price - I'm talking about
their prices). And yes, I have been there to compare the prices...(not too
recently, though). They claim that the sequencer's on the Atari are inferior
and limited although they're not (they used to compare both computers, where
the Atari would run rings around the Mac - again, THEY demonstrated this.)

So as for the question, IMHO, a retailer could become (and in this case, HAS)
"anti-Anything" if there were significant monetary gains to be considered.
One more point, the store has been selling Atari's for a long time, so if
there were any dissatisfaction with Atari (they order the computers from
Sunnyvale) they would have dropped Atari long ago. 
Atari's used to sell a lot ---> They actively backed it.
Mac's are very popular now ---> They actively back it (to gain monetary profit)
                                But they must actively dis-support Atari in
                                order to win their customer's over to the
                                Mac side.
There! Those were the gist of my rants.
All this, is an EDUCATED opinion. After all, I know some people involved AND
I know some musicians involved. Nowhere did I hear that they were having 
problem's with Atari Corp.

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