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In article <2086@ptsfa.UUCP> jmc@ptsfa.UUCP (Jerry Carlin) writes:
>In article <555@atari.UUCP> dyer@atari.UUCP (Landon Dyer) writes:
>>Needless to say this has been fixed -- it is now blindingly fast
>>-- but you really need new ROMs for anything over a megabyte.
>>The "Mega" STs will have these ROMs.  I do not know if they will
>>be made available for other machines.
>
>I hate to say this but people from Atari have been ranting as to how
>THERE ARE NO NEW ROMS and BE PATIENT. <<NOW>> we find out that this
>was (to put it mildly) totally untrue. The only question is whether
>or not Atari will decide to care about current owners of the ST.
>
>"Let me make one thing perfectly clear": and I hope I'm not the only
>one that says this: I'd love to buy new stuff from Atari such as the
>laser printer BUT I need to have "a warm, fuzzy feeling" that Atari
>will not treat us like dirt once we buy something - this means supporting
>and upgrading existing owners of your hardware.
>
>You do want existing ST owners to buy more hardware don't you (sarcastic :-).

How insufficient an expression of this sentiment this article is!

I am about to tell my boss that a) I was foolish to trust Atari and the
reputation of Jack Tramiel b) that the money we have invested in ST's has
been thrown uselessly away and c) that if we are going to be able to do the
job at hand we'll need to switch to IBM compatables.

I think that parts b and c are striclty my own doing, as it was indeed foolish
to try to use such a new machine for business puposes. Live and learn.

However, I also think that Atari has orphaned a pretty good machine that could
have performed the task infinately better than an IBM type. Orphaned it much
too soon, far before it needed to be... From what I've seen, Atari may even be
discouraging people from putting out new products. This is PURE speculation,
but it's hard to believe that I can call around one month and have five
companies put me in touch with enthusiastic ST hackers who are ready to put
a network product into beta testing, and a month later the same people are
reluctant to talk, don't have any plans to release anything real soon, aren't
really doing any kind of business things with the ST. Smacks of manufacturer
intervention. So what gives?

I am switching to a machine class that is accepted, has existing third party
(not to mention first part) support, and will be around in the business market
for a long time to come regardless of its use of five year old technology.
(I say "I am switching", but I'm sure it'll be my employer. I would probably
fire someone who made such a costly mistake, and can expect nothing less from
my employer, who I respect as a sharp operator..)
I will not buy another Atari product for anywhere but home. Screw 'em, they
allowed me to screw myself. I will no longer put such faith into any general
manager's past performance, either... It's obvious that some people have a
first responsibility to other than their customers...

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