D.C.Halliday@newcastle.ac.uk (D.C. Halliday) (02/27/90)
Mathew Lodge says: >1) My STE documentation was obtained from Atari UK. However, I am not a >developer - I just write for a computer magazine. I am also not the only UK >computer journalist with a copy of the documentation. But what did Atari UK >think computer journalists were going to do with the it? Lock it away in a safe? I think Mathew has hit on one of the main reasons why the ST sells better this side of the atlantic. Since Atari UK, Germany, ... etc. release information to mags to aid in producing articles they get lots coverage (free advertising.) It is worth noteing that Atari actually advertise more in the US than here! (I have only ever seen one Atari ad in a UK publication in over a year and a half!) >As you might guess, I'm not convinced that posting programming information on >the STE is wrong. I still intend to post some information on display hardware >soon. I too will take alot of convincing that this information should not be posted to the net, If you can read it in a magazine then why not on the net? Dave H. (D.C.Halliday@newcastle.ac.uk)