Xorg@cup.portal.com (Peter Ted Szymonik) (08/07/89)
Ok, time for me to get a little payback. Back when I said that
Gilamn Louie's 'slander letter' would hurt the ST more than anyone
cared to realize I was ignored - Pete just causing trouble again,
right? Well I'm back a few months later with just two of what I'm
sure are many cases of the effects of Mr. Louie's smear campaign
against the ST in the computer and gaming press.
By the way...
I never did see that retract that was promised in the CO with Gilman
and I looked everywhere...
Exhibit A:
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CHESS LIFE
August 1989 issue
United States Chess Federation
186 Route 9 W
New Windsor, New York 12550
Page 23, Article: What's New in Chess Software
by Eric Schiller
"CHESSBASE II IS HERE AT LAST!
ChessBase is at work on a Mac version - though it probably will not
be ready for a long time, and it seems they have finally realized
the truth about the Atari. So (at present) - go with MS-DOS for
that program. I am sure that they will continue to support the
Atari, but slumping sales of that machine are not likely to
produce major improvements. In any event, MS-DOS is the best
operating system of the three for portable machines, and it is
clearly useful to be able to take the program along when playing
in major events."
Background: ChessBase is one of the most powerful chess programs and
databases. Mr Schiller obviously shows up his pro-MS-DOS bias and
has apparently never heard of the Stacy given his portability comments.
Not only that, but Mr Schiller also apparently has access to Atari
sales records that no one else has seemed to be able to get a hold of !
I would like to know where Mr Schiller gets his information that sales
of the ST are 'slumping', in New York there are selling ST systems as
fast as they arrive. Not only that, but ChessBase is also widely used
by many GrandMasters - who use the program on the ST in Europe - where
it was first intorduced. In fact Gary Kasparov, the current World
Champion, uses a Mega 4 for his Chess data storage and has pushed for
the sale of Atari computers in the Soviet Union to further chess in
that country!
Exhibit B:
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The Wargamer Magazine
July-August 1989 issue
Vol. 2 Number 14
Wargamer & Moves magazines
P.O. Box 1289
Salinas, CA 1289
Page 62, Article: The Not-So-Jolly Roger
by Dick and Lisa Volher
An article on software piracy and its effects....
" The problem results from people who abuse their rights to [sic]
by making a copy for somebody else, somebody who didn't buy the game.
Lost sales due to piracy are a major problem in all segments of the
software industry. Indeed, piracy appears to be the primary factor
in the demise of the Atari ST."
Huh??? My machine is 'demised? Atari is 'demised'?? Due to piracy??
Wonder where these people could possibly have gotten this information
from? Mr Louie?? Any guesses on this one???
These are only two magazines I subscribe to out of HUNDREDS that are
out there.... I leave you to make your own assumptions, the addresses
of both magazines aren't listed there for nothing...
Thanx
Peter Szymonik
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