knf@druxo.UUCP (FricklasK) (10/16/85)
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! '`'` Ken `'`' ...ihno4!drutx!druxo!knf P.S. What are they going to call it, the ATTARI?
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"
wbell@utcs.uucp (Warren Bell) (10/18/85)
In article <1020@druxo.UUCP> knf@druxo.UUCP (FricklasK) writes: > >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." > '`'` > Ken > `'`' > ...ihno4!drutx!druxo!knf > Hey.... does this mean that there'll soon be a "home and small business" version of Unix System V ?? >P.S. What are they going to call it, the ATTARI? Well, they could call it the "Unix PC-Jr" :-) [Disclaimer: none of the thoughts above should be attributed to anyone but me. ( maybe not even me...) ] -- ---- University of Toronto Computing Services Warren Bell UUCP: {cbosgd,decvax,harpo,ihnp4,utcsri,{allegra,linus}!utzoo}!utcs!wbell BITNET: wbell at utoronto
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