From: lecoat@atari.org   
      
   Hi,   
      
   The principal software that I'm developing since 1987, is 30 this year.   
      
   30 years ago, Michael Jackson releases his hit album "Bad" etc. I had an   
   ATARI 1040STf, followed by a MegaSTe4 (91), a Falcon030 (93) and a   
   Hades060 (96) that was the first in France - I still have the 2 latest -   
   I mainly used those computers for developing since 2003, when I had a   
   PowerMac G4, because I'm concerned by the ARAnyM GNU/GPL developments   
   to continue my activities.   
      
   Nowadays, the evolution of ATARI developers' world, implies that I can't   
   continue programming, because GNU/GCC 4.2 for ATARI is inappropriate for   
   old sources in C language. The hope will come from the AHCC compiler,   
   thanks to its PURE C compatibility, and Coldfire code generation ...   
      
   In order to really understand that, the ATARI company is 45 years old.   
   ATARI begun to sell computers that we know, only 30 years ago. I   
   started programming 35 years ago, because I first have a Sinclair.   
   I bought an ATARI ST knowing the personal information technologies.   
      
   I still have it    
      
   Because Eureka 2.12 was germinating on my former ZX81. It was the   
   very beginning of individual information technologies. The amount   
   of very different computer models was really vast. We only have   
   one computer today, that was promoted by the richest man on Earth =(   
   Can somebody be fully satisfied with this evolution ? I'm not really.   
      
   Do you still run ATARIs ? I do it, even for professional usage =)   
      
   Best regards,   
      
   --    
   François LE COAT   
   Author of Eureka 2.12 (2D Graph Describer, 3D Modeller)   
   http://eureka.atari.org/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)