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   From: wildstar128@hotmail.com   
      
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   > Who?   JTS?  The only reason JTS merged with Atari was for their cash   
   > reserves.  They were basically broke by that point.  As for Atari, the   
   > only income they were receiving by then was interest on the money they   
   > got from Sega.  Every product they had in the marketplace was dead.   
      
   > No, Atari (Infogrames) is the laughing stock of the world.  Look at   
   > the utter shit they've released in the last few years.  Take a look at   
   > the value of their stock.  The only respect the Atari name garners is   
   > from a handful of classic games from the 70s and 80s - it's a 'retro'   
   > brand now, nothing more.  They're not going anywhere except towards   
   > liquidation and/or bankruptcy.   
      
   Atari's brand name is now immortalized and all it takes is the will. Sure,   
   they probably won't produce anything under this incarnation but someone   
   would buy the brand in the end. Atari's name is and will in the future   
   continue to hold brand recognition because Atari's name is now in the   
   history book as well as Commodore. The brand is now "legendary". Don't   
   panic, it maybe 5 years or even 20 years down the road or somewhere in   
   between, the name sake alone has permanent value. So can a new game console   
   be made, absolutely. It can be made anytime, period.   
      
   > Bushnell was trying to buy it from Hasbro, not Jack :)   
      
   Ok, I missed that part. Anyway, even if Bushnell offered to buy the brand   
   from Jack, he would have.   
      
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