> TR> of your questions. I have not seen his replys as being nasty with any
 >
 > Isn't that special?
 >
You bet!

 > TR> of them. Not to pick on you but your one of the people that has
 > TR> helped destroy the Atari market place.
 >
 > I only got an Atari ST a couple years ago!  I suppose next you're going to
 > blame me for the fall of Constantinople to Sultan Mehmet and the Turkish
 > hordes.
 >

Thats not at all what I meant Rodney, I was talking about your purchasing of
used hardware. I did not mean to be offencive in anyway. The facts are
correct though. Atari like any company depends on the user's purchase of NEW
hardware, the used hardware does little or nothing to help them with cash.

 > TR> last time I think you exclaimed that you had an XT or a 286 at most.
 >
 > What are you doing, keeping some kind of database one what everyone has
 > or doesn't have?  Since you're keeping the official score card, who is
 > winning?  I'm not sure that what particular products I have is germane to
 > this discussion, nor anyone's business really.
 >
Yes Rodney to those that I reply/post to on a regular basis I try to keep
track of what they own, what they are interested in, and what ever
information that makes talking to them easyer by understanding them better
than a complete stranger. As to what products you have being germane to this
discussion, I believe it is a focus point of this topic. If I see you post a
message like my PC is a piece of crap compared to my 8bit Atari, by knowing
that you have and older system I not only understand but completly agree with
you. Some would agree with you even if you had a 100 MHZ Pentium and thats
cool too. As for the focus of what we are talking about by understanding that
you have older equipment that was not in some cases upgraded or bought new
helps to understand why Atari's userbase as a whole has not helped Atari's
desire to sell new systems. I am NOT saying you or ANYONE else is wrong for
not buying new systems. Just that it has played a key role in the loss of the
Atari computer platform and 3rd party developers.


 > These little history lessons and repeated re-hashes of the decline and
 > fall of Atari are becoming somewhat pedantic and redundant.
 >
If you feel this way don't initiate them by asking why or talking about
things that can only be explained by re-hashing them. By posting you can't
understand the costs of marketing, or that you disagree with someones
accounts of these factors you are asking for the very things you are saying
you take offence too.

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