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Subject: Re: OK, so they sell the STe in Europe...
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In article <2427@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> csbrod@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod ) writes:
>exspes@bath.ac.uk (P E Smee) writes:
>
>>There is ONE good reason for selling to Europe first.  In general, FCC type
>>approval is harder to get than the corresponding approvals in Europe.  So,
>this? Second, the US appears to us as a PC-sick country. Users don't
>seem ready to change over to 68000 computers (except, of course, the
>Mac). Third, after five years of software and hardware development
>for the ST, the European market has proven to be more flexible and
>powerful than the US market; European applications set the pace for
>ST software development. Many good reasons for ATARI to favor Europe.
>
>Claus Brod

I had two students back to back yesterday who own a MacII and a 
MacPlus.  

I demonstrated how fast NeoDesk is ... had a file sitting on the
desktop.. clicked on it and blitted it to the screen in about
the time it took my finger to leave the mouse.   Then i took
them into Tempus II and their eyes were bugging out.  Both
agreed that what they saw was faster than what they get on 
their macs..  then i booted into GCR and wowed them with 
the "welcome to macintosh" thing..  

they had a hard time pronouncing "atari" .. 

who's fault is this?  i am quite certain that these same individuals
who spent well into the thousands on their systems might have
considered the ST had they even known about them...  i don't
think the US citizen inherently is not as CAPABLE of appreciating
the ST... after all.. people around the world are generally rather
similar.  Europe is already convinced by ATARI.. it is certainly
time for ATARI to expand its market by making an effort to 
convince the US consumer.  The off the street cost of an ST is
still below the cost of an educational discounted mac.  
Has anyone ever seen an ST on a school listing for 
computers available for educational discount? 

I don't think we can even compare market repsonses until
Atari even commences to announce their products in the US...

-kevin
ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu