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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: [Computer Language and] BYTE still toothless
Message-ID: <472@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 4 Oct 90 14:18:36 GMT
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Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
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I feel I should tell a bit about the situation here in Germany,
because there are similarities and differences.

The paper with the longest tradition is called mc. It is well
reputated, very technically orientated, but ignores Commodore
and Amiga nearly completely. They are full of PCs and Macs (and
a bit of STs). Perhaps because of this concentration this mag 
still has a rather small volume, ca. 100 pages.

Then there is the much younger c't. It's also very technically
orientated, but far more open to the complete world. They are
not at all Commodore orientated, but they know the Amiga, and 
everytime it makes sense, also the Amiga is mentioned. Besides,
they also cover the Atari ST in a similar way. This mag is the
best one today in this country, it is nearly 400 pages thick.
The funniest thing is that they cooperate with BYTE! Every month
they have some of the real interesting BYTE stuff (UNIX,...)
of the SAME month translated, a good service.

And then there is our CHIP magazine. Very thick also, but for me
appearing having only 10 % the contents. Big, colorful images 
with very little background information. It's not recommended
and probably not planned for the techies. But it seems to sell also.

At last there are some smaller publications (like Computer Persoenlich
from Markt & Technik) that are aimed to the general application
market. I don't want to discuss these and the specialized mags here.

My conclusion is that when a publication gives a true overview
of the current state of the art like c't then it sells. If I can,
then I'll encourage all the others to the same policy.

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Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
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