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From: don@brahms.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga Ads/Info in non-Amiga magazines
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Date: 30 Nov 90 22:00:50 GMT
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	Skimming through the "What's New" section of the latest Byte, I 
noticed that Supra's A500 hard drive was mentioned there.  Suddenly a thought
came to me that should have come long ago... these "what's new" type 
columns are generally free and rely on manufacturers to provide them with
the information they print (rather than having someone from the magazine
calling around to ask about it...).
	Why do so few Amiga companies send information to these things?  It's not
only free advertising for their products, but it makes people see that the 
Amiga _does_ have plenty of non-game software and non-joystick hardware
available for it.  When people start to see a dozen or so Amiga announcements
every month along with the MAC/PC/etc announcements, they'll start to think,
"Hey, this Amiga thing might just be a real computer after all."  It will
do wonders to raise the Amiga's visibility, and articles which completely
ignore the Amiga even when speaking of areas where it is strongest will become
much less common.

	Byte, PCWeek, InfoWorld, and PC Magazine are several magazines which
come to mind.  What I'd like to do (after finals :-) is gather a list of
magazines (et. al.) where these types of announcements would be appropriate,
as well as information on how to contact them and submit new product
information. If anyone has suggestions/information, please mail it to me.
After compiling this list, I'd like to send it to various Amiga magazines, as
well as to the Amiga Developer's association.
	(As a side note:  to the person who posted recently about starting a
a national writing campaign to non-amiga software companies: if you haven't
already, I'd suggest that you also try to have your idea published in
Amiga magazines, as well as trying to get in touch with ADA about helping
out.  While many members of the ADA would face tough times if the likes of
Microsoft or Borland started competing with them, in the long run those
changes would be beneficial to the Amiga industry.  If the ADA could contact
these other companies it'd be a big help toward showing that Ami's a viable
platform.  As far as I know, nothing like the Amiga Developer's Association 
exists for any other computer.  A show of the unity & cooperation (even
among competitors) in the Amiga community (as exemplified by the ADA) would
further entice "The Big Guys" to take a second look our way.)

	Thanks for any comments/help/information/money/free hardware you'd care to
send me.

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