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Re: Federated: Dumped by Atari! Shame on you, Atari!

#37273
From: Eric Griswold
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1989 01:02
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pa1132@sdcc15.UUCP () wrote in article <1308@sdcc15.ucsd.edu>:
>Now Federated is in its own
>completely, and is expected to be bankrupted soon.  Atari is said to
>make "megabucks" by doing this because it can deduct the Federated
>loss from tax.   Federated is left to die on its own.  We should
>condemn Atari for its irresponsibility!  And if Atari can do this to
>Federated employees, nobody knows what Atari can do to Atari
>employees in the future!

<begin sarcasm>
	It is so awful how a business makes a decision to get rid of
	a situation that is losing money!  I mean really, any good business
	would keep around a major sinking ship just because it has such
 	a big heart.  Let's condemn Atari.  Let's condemn Warner Communcations
	for doing the same thing to Atari years back.  Let's condemn free
	enterprise entirely and let mediocrity take over.
<end sarcasm>

Good move, Atari.  I was surprised when the decision was made to purchase
it.

-- 
Eric Griswold  (ericg@sco.COM)
"That's no baby.  That's a Mr. Potatohead"
I do not speak for SCO, I barely have enough room for my own opinions.
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From: ericg@sco.COM (Eric Griswold)
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Subject: Re: Federated:  Dumped by Atari!   Shame on you, Atari!
Keywords: Federated, Atari
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Date: 21 Mar 89 01:02:08 GMT
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