I have leafed through all my copies of PCN and have come across numerous complaints regarding the dearth of cheap Atari software in Britain.
As an Atari owner, I would like to put in my penny's worth.
Software houses in Britain produce all sorts of programs for British micros. Why can't they divert some of their programmers onto Atari software? It would be a boost to the British economy as well as encouraging Atari buffs to buy British.
To be fair, we must sling some mud at Atari itself and the retail trade. They believe that we Atari owners are descendants of Solomon and are heir to his fabled treasure.
I am airing my views because I and other Atari owners in Norway are being kept from getting full use of our micros due to the lack of software. I have tried to purchase software by mail order from retailers who advertise in PCN as the ones with the largest inventory list of Atari software in the UK only to have my cheque returned to me because they did not have the advertised item.
I just wonder what Atari thinks? Wake up Atari, you owe your customers. Maybe you can learn something from Commodore who encourages cheap third-party software.
I just hope that it does not turn out to be a case like that of the Oric 1 where customers had to turn to the press with bad publicity before something was done.
18th August 1984
