bobh@pedsgd.UUCP (Bob Halloran) (10/18/85)
> > Quote from the Washington Post (as quoted in Bell Labs News): > > "American Telephone & Telegraph Co. are negotiating an arrangement > for Atari to put the AT&T name on some of its powerful ST personal > computers. > The agreement would give privately held Atari a major customer > for its new machine, while giving AT&T a low-cost entry into the > home and small business personal computer market. > Officially, both companies declined to confirm the negotiations." > > I am worried that if AT&T picks up ST, this will "legitimize" the > ST in the eyes of the average computer, giving it a decided edge > over the AMIGA, right when it needs the publics support. > > WAKE UP AT&T--pick up AMIGA-- it's better, and besides, they need the > money! First off, BOTH machines could use the support; like the Mac hackers say, there needs to be SOMETHING besides the IBM PC. Second, regarding which machine is best, obviously you & AT&T have differing opinions :-). Bob Halloran Sr MTS, Perkin-Elmer DSG ============================================================================= UUCP: {decvax, ucbvax, most Action Central}!vax135\ {topaz, pesnta, princeton}!petsd!pedsgd!bobh USPS: 106 Apple St M/S 305, Tinton Falls NJ 07724 DDD: (201) 758-7000 Disclaimer: They don't know, and they probably don't care. Quote: "A bored hacker is a dangerous thing!!" -- O. W. Holmes, "Bloom County"
peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (10/29/85)
> Second, regarding which machine is best, obviously you & AT&T have > differing opinions :-). That's right. The ST is better for AT&T, since it needs a real operating system badly. The AMIGA doesn't need one since it already has one. There's no point in putting UNIX head-to-head with TRIPOS on the same machine. UNIX is the better O/S, but only by a factor of 2 or so. I hardly think most people would even notice the difference... after all, they seem to consider GEM/CPM nearly as good or better than Intuition, and it's not even in the running. -- -- Peter da Silva -- UUCP: ...!shell!{baylor,graffiti}!peter; MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076