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John Hoffman wrote in a message on 19 Jan 93 to All

 JH> I must say that I am astonished at the number of posts that 
 JH> are in the comp.sys.atari.st newsgroup which are posted by 
 JH> PC users trying to convince users of Atari computers that they 
 JH> should get rid of there Ataris and buy PC clones. This actually 

Most of these are still Atari owners (I do not have a PC) who are utterly
disgusted at what Atari has done to their computer. The original ST was
unsurpassed in price and performance, and held the promise of a very
bright future. By now, a lot of us are totally disillusioned, and are
pointing out that the Falcon is not a computer that fits the "Power
without the price" motto.

 JH> What are some of the unique strengths of the ST? It is the 
 JH> only system that can provide reasonable emulation of both IBM 
 JH> systems and Macintosh systems. It has a very dynamic software 

Which is totally irrelevant by now. When the Mac Plus cost as much a small
car, Spectre was a really good buy. Now, you can get a second-hand SE with
harddisk for the price of Spectre. And besides, Spectre has become
obsolete itself; no color, no System 7, no TT support... And the story of
PC prices is well documented in this newsgroup.

 JH> environment that isn't totally dominated by a small collection 
 JH> of Megapowerful software houses. It is possible for a developer 
 JH> to write software for the atari and become a star in the atari 
 JH> comunity.

So what? A star does not a full belly make. The reason there is virtually
no new software for the ST, is that you can't make any money. At the end
of the month, somebody's got to pay the bills. And being a star in the
Atari community is no substiture for hard cash.

 JH> The markets on other computer systems are considerably 
 JH> more saturated. Seems to me that someone wanting to break into 
 JH> software development wouldn't have made a bad choice starting 
 JH> with a system like atari and then moving up to a PC after the 
 
Why waste time on programming the Atari? Move to where the money is right
away.


YHS:QSI!