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From: cleland@sdbio2.ucsd.edu (Thomas Cleland)
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Subject: Re: Sorry Guys, There is NO WAY!
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Date: 3 Dec 90 08:35:39 GMT
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>	[...]
>	And then there's the December '90 Byte article which says that
>	the 3000UX easily outperforms the Mac II, the NeXT, and a 386
>	at Unix.
>
>When BYTE magazine either ignores or comments only "en passant" re: the Amiga,
>BYTE is perceived by the Amiga community as being lower than whale turds.
>
>When BYTE magazine publishes a noteworthy comment re: the Amiga, BYTE suddenly
>becomes "THE WORD, THE TRUTH, THE GUIDING LIGHT TO ALL KNOWLEDGE."
>
>You figure.   :-)
>

Figuring...

BYTE speaks for the _I_ndustry, no mystery why Amigaphiles crave
Amiga coverage within its pages.  Every word about the Amiga in
BYTE brings a little more discomfort to those who would happily
write the Amiga off as less than it is.  It's a good rag, I gues
I'd say that *when they say anything it is usually reasonably
fair and accurate*  (even if they bend over backwards to avoid
soiling their reputation in the prejudiced eyes of others).
It's the ignoring, the brushing-off that gets me.  If BYTGE
published an article critical of this or that Amiga product
that'd be great  (even if I disagreed).  The worst is being not
even considered significant.

So I guess I don't find the Amiga attitude towards BYTE too
contradictory.  BTW, the word and the truth was revealed in
December's BYTE, page 132...   ;^)


>Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]

Delighted.


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Thom Cleland                      "It is easier
tcleland@ucsd.edu                  to get forgiveness
Amiga User's Group at UCSD         than permission"