Re: [Sc2-devel] Atari bankruptcy and the Star Control trademark

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sav...@ho... wrote:
> Hi all,
> After reading the Atari article I did some checking up. I am from the 
> Pong era and have been a Atari fan for a long time. This may seem like 
> I'm going off on a tangent but there is a point. Atari is for lack of 
> a better term "old school and old money" in the sodtware industry. The 
> problem with "old" is that they tend to try to stick to old practices 
> and methods. This hinders a younger software generation from 
> programmers to gamers. I beleive the loss of CEO will bring down the 
> company and the fact that HSBC is a terrible financial agency. They 
> loose the human factor of business and often set unrealistic criteria 
> for loans. However for the SC2 groups out there this may be a shining 
> light. I believe that Atari should be contacted and be offered a bid 
> for the rights to SC2. I beleive it should be a community effort not 
> one based on a individual or a company. This was made for the people 
> and should be owned by the people. I believe we should setup a paypal 
> or other type of way o
> f making donations to put up for bid on the title. Being in Iraq I 
> have a little extra put aside that I would more than wish to donate 
> for the cause. SC2 encopassed alot of time when I was a young soldier 
> and I'm so enjoying it again since it was ported. There is a good fan 
> base and I think we should keep it that way. I'm sure that Atari would 
> see it that way as well. Thanks

I think it'd be great if the SC2 trademark was released to the community. 
However, before we get ahead of ourselves, we'd need to have some idea (at 
least an order-of-magnitude guess) of how much money would be required.

Also, note that it could be a bad move to take up a collection in any publicly 
viewable way, since if it goes to a bankruptcy auction, it's important to keep 
the potential amount of your bid secret.

	----Scott