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From: Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com
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Subject: Re: Amiga and Multimedia
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Date: 24 Mar 90 05:22:03 GMT
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  Chuck, your thoughts on publicity are insightful and interesting, but
I'm a diehard.  I still think irresponsible reporting and writing without
checking facts shouldn't be considered normal or acceptable.  But I'm
also in a rather cynical mood just now.
  I keep operating on the mistaken belief that people are logical and have
integrity, even though the evidence all seems piled up the other way.
  On the subject of writers and publicity ...
     I saw these articles really building up a particular software package.
They were in several publications.  I read them.
     Then I found out it was a local company.
     Then I found out who the writers and PR people  were.
     I checked back and discovered they'd written the articles.  Without
identifying that they worked for the company.  
     I don't mind them writing the stuff.  It may even be true.  But I do
mind not being informed that they worked for the company.  But now I
suppose people will tell me it happens all the time ....  (LadyHawke)
   Anyway
                 THE GOOD NEWS IS ...
   Some of those letters people wrote to Computer Graphics Review seem to
have had some positive effect!  (Well, at least I wrote one and I'm hoping
others did.)
   Instead of the usual Mac, IBM reference, they actually said:
           "...further, the readers we do serve work on a variety
           of platforms--Mac, PCs, Amiga and a range of workstations,
           including Sun, HP and Silicon Graphics."
 
Well, hallelujah.  I'm so used to seeing IBM, Mac, Mac, IBM, as if nothing
else existed that it caught me off guard.
   So, the BIG THREE, eh?     Amiga, Mac and PCs
                              Mac, Amiga, PCs
                              PCs, Amiga, Mac
                              Amiga, PCs, Mac
   Well, heck, we can get rid of the 'PC' part since it stands for personal
computer, and the Amiga and the Mac are personal computers, so it's re-
dundant.  Never mind, if I take this any farther, I'll have to eat flames
for breakfast ...                 LadyHawke   (in a manic mood)