23 Aug
2011
23 Aug
'11
6:36 p.m.
On 08/23/2011 02:27 PM, Michael Kerpan wrote:
I suspect that most companies with ties to
computing's past really
don't really understand or care about fans of ancient hardware and
software. Atari's heavy-handedness is a good example in the realm of
"small iron" but examples can be found in the "large iron" realm
favored by many people on this list too... Mentec/successor's
stonewalling of the PDP-11 community and IBM's occasional lash-outs
against Hercules come to mind quickly.
Well IBM is losing real money. Atari, today, is irrelevant. What is
it that they think they're going to accomplish?
Someone should just buy them, open up the intellectual property, and
fire all the idiot suits who work there. Should cost about eight bucks.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL