Nolan Bushnell now member of Phoenix

[greenboy]

MarkTime,

You offended someone? I guess I missed that ;  }

Sure, you have stated some strong opinions with a passion that blows radiator caps, and have a way with the screenplay. But I don't think I've seen you aim personal hate messages too much.

You must be an incredibly restrained person ; }

[greenboy]

Hi CodeSmith : }

From my vantage point in the US, Atari was not crushed by Amiga; the ST for instance was incredibly succesful in music studios and from the start had a wide list of professional MIDI titles that made the choices on the Amiga seem rather insignificant. Only because Atari was losing ground elsewhere (and not really because of Commodore's efforts either), did it eventually lose ground in this niche.

During my many years as an Amiga dealer / consultant / professional user I was also for a few of those a Reseller of Atari, and managed development for a few of music-related projects - couple of which were slated to be brought over to the Amiga. But the publisher of one went under (Intelligent Music), and the other title targeted Sequential Circuits, which later got bought by Yamaha and given to Korg, with the product line discontinued.

Those were some years of shakeups in the industry!

[greenboy]

Get this into YOUR head, reticuli:

It's not just about branding - it's about an area in two business models where two business plans compliment each other well, it's about leveraging both sets of IP, it's about more working heads and hands and finance to do big jobs - and it's about your mom's failure to teach you about politeness ; }

Or maybe those last several sentences from your post are just ill formed and ill-informed because you didn't think of any of the reasons the two companies could benefit from association, that and the same misfiring synapses lead you to some mild form of Tourettes.

[greenboy]

CodeSmith,

:  }

I remember having one set of frustrations with the ST and the company behind it, and another set of frustrations with the Amiga and the company behind it ; }

[greenboy]

So... you're saying having Nolan Bushnell on board allows you to hijack a brand name that has naff all to do with you?

So THAT's your reply to what I said? Wow, you must have missed every word and nuance except for the word "branding". So here it is again. Pretend the words are really far apart and move your lips while reading if it helps:

"It's not just about branding - it's about an area in two business models where two business plans compliment each other well, it's about leveraging both sets of IP, it's about more working heads and hands and finance to do big jobs."

You really are a moron aren't you?

Time to whip out the ol' schlong again, is it? Hey, DaveP, where's that IQ thread again? Anyway, I needn't assure you that my IQ is more than long enough to get the job done...

(cigarette break while we all stare at the ceiling)
 
...Then, a couple posts down you say:

I'm not assuming anything

Hate to disagree, but it looks like you are assuming that repeating yourself without reading and understanding other responses is adequate. But it is really sub-adequate. And actually, you've carried on a lot more about the name thing than anyone else. It would be a stupid person indeed who would continue to do so when the Phoenix guy who kinda knows all that stuff and takes care of that kind of thing certainly hasn't said the name is the central reason Nolan Bushnell is in Phoenix. If anybody ought to know it would be that guy.

The current Atari want the name for a reason and that doesn't include promoting some second rate hardware

Which then makes the Teron board WHAT? ;  }  After all, the upcoming Peg II has a pretty high spec.