The way I described it is the way it was being described by industry journals at the time.
No, they didn't... I was there. I read every thing from the industry and published a newsletter for the Commodore Amiga. It did not happen... The Atari ST was NEVER SHUT DOWN. If you read the Wikipedia article, you will find NO MENTION of such an event. Do you seriously think that would go unreferenced???? Not by a long shot. It SIMPLY DID NOT HAPPEN!