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From: rar@auc.UUCP (Rodney Ricks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: PC Mag insults Amiga (no insult, but definite misinformation)
Summary: Write calm, intelligent, tactful letters to Mr. Zachman & PC Mag
Message-ID: <32472@auc.UUCP>
Date: 28 Aug 90 20:40:22 GMT
References: <4063@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: rar@auc.UUCP (Rodney Ricks)
Organization: Atlanta University Center, Atlanta, Ga.
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In article <4063@crash.cts.com> uzun@pnet01.cts.com (Roger Uzun) writes:
>In the September 11, 1990 issue of PC Magazine, page 89, an misinformed
>"writer" named William F. Zachman talks about why Multimedia is out of reach
>in 1990 financially.  He states "Bringing Multimedia capabilities to the
>majority of office desktops would be an extremely expensive proposition at
>today's prices"  He then says a 386 equipped system would cost over $10,000.00

Where's the insult????  While (depending on how you define multimedia) his
statement is untrue, from what you have written, he has not insulted the Amiga,
he has just not acknowledged it.  Whether this was done intentionally or out
of ignorance, I don't know.

>I suggest EVERYONE write this guy a letter telling him about the Amiga 3000
>and its bundled mulitmedia package. 

That sounds good.  I'll include the mail address in case anyone missed it.

>Send  comments to :
>PC Magazine
>One Park Ave
>New York, NY 10016
>
>Send electronic mail to
>MCI Mailbox 157-9301 (PC Magazine)
>On compuserve you can GO PCMAG at any prompt

>Let these blind bozos know when they ignore and mislead about the Amiga.

Please, don't call him a blind bozo, or anything else of the short.  We must
live down the reputation of fanatics if we expect anyone to listen to us.

It might be a good idea to:

 1) Politely disagree with him.
 2) Describe the Amiga and it's capabilities, without identifying it yet.
 3) Tell who is using it for multimedia, Cable TV, etc.  It would be VERY
    nice if he could hear from some people who are actually using it for
    multimedia purposes in businesses.
 4) Give him some prices (or maybe do this a little earlier).
 5) Finally, identify the Amiga, citing references to it in the various
    video magazines it pops up in, and references to it in computer magazines.
 6) INVITE him to look into the Amiga himself, citing publications he should
    look into (and giving the publications' good and bad points), and people
    he should talk to.

I think that a gentle correction (actually MANY corrections with different
{but non-conflicting} information) would be better than a bunch of flames
and insults.

Of course, it would also be good to read the article first!  ( You don't have
to buy it, just read it in the store! :-) )

>-Roger
-- 
"We may have come over here in different ships,
 but we're all in the same boat now."   --   Jesse Jackson                   //
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Rodney Ricks,   Morehouse College                                        \/