XPost: comp.sys.cbm, rec.games.video.classic   
   From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   Didimo wrote:   
   > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:07:30 GMT, "Sam Gillett"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Why do you insist on using Jack as a scapegoat for something that could not   
   >> have been his fault.  Market saturation is only one of several possible   
   >> theories.  Why don't you people try to figure out what really happened?  If   
   >> you don't, it could happen again without warning.  What will you do when   
   >> Nintendo and Sony are gone?   
   >   
   > Ok, there we go.... That's the stereotype of the computer nerd with no   
   > social skills and no sense of humor coming out to the surface   
   > (again?).   
   >   
   > DUDE, OF COURSE the crash of '84 was caused by a number of factors! OF   
   > COURSE it was (partially due to, probably in great part due to) market   
   > saturation. OF COURSE the market had been flooded by way too many   
   > crappy games. OF COURSE one of the major players on the market (and   
   > the most responsible for saturating the market with truckloads of   
   > substandard games by the end of its cycle) was the VCS, with its 7-y-o   
   > obsolete technology. OF COURSE the crash was caused by very   
   > complicated (both at the macro and at the micro, in terms of market   
   > analysis) factors. OF COURSE it was caused by a good number of a poor   
   > choices by a good number of people.   
   >   
   > THAT SAID, Tramiel, a businessman first and foremost, made a series of   
   > bad choices which damaged Atari (the company) and eventually lead to   
   > its death.   
   >   
   > However, DUDE, RELAX!  Maybe consider getting out of your cubicle,   
   > interacting with some real human beings from time to time, and not   
   > taking yourself (or others) that seriously.   
   >   
   > I know I don't. I'm a college prof, I have enough serious stuff to   
   > deal with at work, I get on usenet to relax, shoot the breeze, have   
   > fun. Case in point? I FREAKIN' HATED ATARI back in the '80s! (Wait, I   
   > HAVE to specify at this point that that is A FREAKIN' FIGURE OF   
   > SPEECH, or you may turn me over to the police for "killing Atari"   
   > myself, LOL!]. I was an Intellivision, Coleco and Vextrex fan! After   
   > videogame consoles had died,  I loved learning about Basic and (just   
   > like any other Euro kid at the time ;-)] copying crappy tape games on   
   > my C64.  And the 3-y-hiatus before the NES just made me go out more to   
   > the arcades and hang out with my friends more, and ultimately made me   
   > appreciate the sheer beauty of NES arcade-style playability even more!   
   >   
   > "What will you do when Nintendo and Sony are gone?" WHAT THE F*&CK OF   
   > A QUESTION IS THAT? Get a grip with reality, dude! Maybe you need a   
   > piece of consumer electronic to make your life worth living (and the   
   > mere fact that you could come up with such a preposterous,   
   > out-of-touch-with-reality, mega-nerdy "question" seems to point in   
   > that direction, frankly). Just don't expect others to do that, too.   
   >   
   > Jeez.   
   >   
   > Simo   
      
   You seem to be pretty nerdy as well. Why don't you two get together and   
   argue about computer and computer companies that became obsolete resp.   
   went bankrupt decades ago all you like. Those appear to be subjects you   
   get pretty emotional about.   
      
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