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Ken B. says:
>A side effect of having strong support for professional programmers is
>that end users get supported as well.  More books get written by the
>professionals, making more information available to the hobbyist than
>the computer maker can hope to provide.  A broader base of technically
>competent people exist to answer the questions of hobbyist programmers.
>All these programmers will be happy because they can get their
>questions answered and they can solve their problems without having to
>stumble around in the dark too much.
>-- 
Sorry Ken, but I can't accept this.  Mostly, I've avoided getting   
involved with the flame wars against Atari, since a lot of the comments
have been overly negative if not inaccurate.  Also, I really appreciate
your taking the time to participate in the net, and the other Atari
employees as well.  But this last comment of yours makes no sense when
you consider that developers must sign a non-disclosure agreement that
prevents developers from legally releasing a good deal of important
information contained in the developers' kit.  It seems as if Atari is
intentionally trying to restrict the flow of information, although I
could hardly guess why.  Before I can believe that Atari intends for
developers to take its role in educating the hobbyist, it will  have to
change this unexplicable policy.
>   |||   Ken Badertscher  (ames!atari!kbad)
>   |||   Atari R&D System Software Engine
>  / | \  #include <disclaimer>

Ken Clubok
Clubok@husc4.bitnet
Clubok@husc4.harvard.edu