On Tuesday, January 9th, 1996 - Don Crano wrote:
 
DC> I under stand what you are saying here, and gave it some thought when 
DC> I first saw it.. You could be correct, but then again what is a 
DC> Jaguar really.. It is not a computer by what we think of computers, 
DC> but in the industry I think it would class as one...  When we think 
DC> computer we think keyboard, ect.. But there is no keyboard on the 
DC> guess the Jaguar or any game console would class as a computer...   
 
Technically speaking, the Atari Jaguar is a microprocessor based digital 
electronic computer, as are other reprogrammable video game consoles.
According to the terminology understood by the non-technical readers of
stock market data, the Jaguar is not a computer, it is a video game
console.  The Thomas Register has old information in it.
 
DC> FWIW.. I do find it extremely intersting, the info I posted about 
DC> Atari from the Thomas Register, was nothing more then the info any 
DC> company or person can access for reference, data, ect.. It really has 
 
If the information about one company is out of date, then it stands to
reason that the information about other companies in there is wrong
also, in my personal opinion.
 
DC> no positive nor negitive bearing on Atari..  
 
The overstatement of assetts and manufacturing activity is POSITIVE for
Atari stock (or at least potentially positive).
 
DC> But it sure the heck is intersting the number of people who have gone 
DC> out of their way to try and make it something negitive.. And now 
 
One person.  Me.  It is negative for the Thomas Register if it has out
of date information, same as with S&P's company data books, which also
appear to be rather out of date.
 
DC> people are even starting to slag the Thomas Register, by calling it 
DC> names. ie look at the Subject line of this message..  
 
I always make fun of companies that foist out of date or incorrect
information on investors.  Take a look at Atari Corp in S&P's company
data books.  I might just start calling S&P "Sloppy&Poorly's"
:-)
 
DC> It is very obvious, there are many pros and cons about Atari, and 
DC> many people feel the same, there are those who are pro and those who 
DC> are con.. Hey this is fine, everyone is entitled to their own 
DC> personal feelings.. But it is really sad that some of you have to go 
DC> out of their way to make something out of nothing... And even more 
 
I think you're reading too much into what I said.  Old data is not
particularly useful to investors, and a LOT of companies are selling
yesterday's news.  You'd think if they're charging for this information, 
it would be checked a little more regularly.  Exactly how old is your
copy of TR?
 
Didn't you say it was the new one?
 
DC> so, to try and make a very repitable company like the Thomas 
DC> Register, look bad, and now make fun of their name only because they 
DC> are doing what they are in business for is really bad...   
 
I wouldn't worry about it.  If the company is pushing false data, it
isn't all that reputable.  If their reputation suffers because their
info is wrong, perhaps that will give them incentive to change and
improve.
 
I still enjoy Sloppy&Poorly's data books, even if they are always out of 
date.  You just have to keep in mind that the info you're reading is 2
or 3 years old, and act accordingly.
 
I don't think TR has an anti-Atari bias, or anything like that - I am an 
equal opportunity put-down artist.   I'll make fun of them if their
product is faulty.  It doesn't mean I hate them or anything.  I'm sure
that the TR has uses, just like the S&P data books.  :-)
 
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