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In article <3505@cup.portal.com> Frank_P_Nagle@cup.portal.com writes:
>I know what you mean about not grabbing at it! Paul Heckel... has been trying
>to get a contract signed by Atari for months now. Atari contacted him, provided
>him with their set contract and Paul worked with an attorney to review and 
>revise portions. Re-submitted it to Atari, and no word for months! As it stands,
>he is still waiting for word...

Typical Atari practice.   Say anything and do nothing.   It appears that
there are even members of the staff with this specific responsibility (they
don't seem to anything else).   Job description:  "Get somebody excited by
promising the moon, then just forget about it."

In other words STALL 'em if they can't take a joke.

With all this flaming, I have to give Atari some credit.  Their direct
developer support isn't that bad (only $300 for a dev. kit).

I think Thomas Zerucha makes makes a good point when he says that nobody
knows what the ST can really do (outside the ST insiders) and that's where
Atari has really screwed up.  They expect the small-time developers to fund
the software development *and* all the marketing too.  Atari just isn't 
pulling enough of the load; small companies don't have the resources
to do it by themselves; and large companies aren't going to do it for
Atari until they (Atari) can show that they're serious.

C'mon Atari show us you mean business.  Action not words.
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