01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog) (05/19/89)
Atari Canada ads in newspapers point out the ST's selection as 'Computer of the Year'. I feel that Atari Corp should give awards to individuals or companies that have done the most in any year to advance the use of STs. Awards should be: 1. Best Commercial Product (hardware or software) $10,000 2. Best Public Domain Product $10,000 3. Runners Up to 1. and 2. 20 * $1,000 This is small $$$ to Atari but a worthwhile incentive to developers. For category 1., I nominate Dave Small (Spectre GCR) as first choice and Dan Wilga (NeoDesk) as second choice. For category 2., my hands down favourite is Simon Poole (Uniterm; hell, I wrote this on a CYBER using UNITERM). Atari should run a balloting campaign through mags like STWorld, ST-Log, Antic, Explorer, etc. and let the ST buying public decide. Wadda ya think NETters?
obryan@gumby.cc.wmich.edu (Mark O'Bryan) (05/24/89)
In article <8905191623.AA00378@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, 01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog) writes: > Atari Canada ads in newspapers point out the ST's selection as 'Computer of > the Year'. I feel that Atari Corp should give awards to individuals or > companies that have done the most in any year to advance the use of STs. Sounds like a great idea to me. And it would be a dirt cheap way for Atari to get a lot of favorable publicity and good PR. Why don't you drop a note to Sig Hartmann, or one of the Tramiels? -- Mark T. O'Bryan Internet: obryan@gumby.cc.wmich.edu Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008
stowe@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Fox in Sox) (05/27/89)
In article <732@gumby.cc.wmich.edu> obryan@gumby.cc.wmich.edu (Mark O'Bryan) writes: >In article <8905191623.AA00378@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, 01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog) writes: >> Atari Canada ads in newspapers point out the ST's selection as 'Computer of >> the Year'. I feel that Atari Corp should give awards to individuals or >> companies that have done the most in any year to advance the use of STs. > >Sounds like a great idea to me. And it would be a dirt cheap way for >Atari to get a lot of favorable publicity and good PR. Why don't you >drop a note to Sig Hartmann, or one of the Tramiels? I like this idea a lot, also. In fact, we could do it without Atari Corp if we wanted... kind of like the "People's Choice" awards. Wouldn't be a lot of fortune, but we can offer fame and some nice warm fuzzies for our developers. UUCP: rutgers!indycms.bitnet!ihls400 GEnie: HS Bitnet: IHLS400@INDYCMS Arpanet: ihls400%indycms.bitnet@(wherever you like) Internet: stowe@silver.bacs.indiana.edu The secret to happiness is how well you cope with Plan B.