Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU!meekins From: meekins@CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (timothy lee meekins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Boycott A+ Message-ID: <9012051732.AA10761@tortoise.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 5 Dec 90 17:32:24 GMT References: <1990Dec5.155227.21943@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: meekins@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 51 In article <1990Dec5.155227.21943@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> you write: >In article penguin@gnh-igloo.cts.com (Mark Steiger) writes: > [snip snip] > >If you're upset about Incider's decision, you have to take into account the >historical precedent established when A+ discarded the mac. The publishing >industry is their to make money. It's understandable that Incider would >want to increase it's user base. Get real!! IF I owned a Macintosh, do you seriously think I would subscribe to InCider (let's get names straight, A+ died a year ago) simple becuase it has 1 or 2 Mac articles in it?? No way. As an Apple II user, would you subscribe to PC World if they ran a single column on the Apple II. No! All InCider is doing is cutting their throats. They're going to lose 50% of their subscription to people like myself who are fed-up with them, and they're not going to gain a single new subscriber simply becuase they have a little section on Macs. Also, A+ had a Macintosh section when the Mac was new and didn't have any real magizines of its own. Also, A+ didn't drop the Mac section, but created a second magazine devoted to the Mac, and A+ returned to the apple II. FYI, Nibble also did the same thing, for about 6 months, Nibble had a section on the Macintosh, soon afterwards they created Nibble Mac and returned to publishing Apple II. Again, no one complained then because the Apple II was still doing well and the Mac didn't have many of its own magazines. > >If you want an Apple II magazine only, I'd suggest you look into A2-Central. >> > >============================================================================== >= R. Scott Henderson = "Some people claim that there's a = >= University of Illinois = woman to blame, but I know it's = >= = my own damned fault." = >= Internet: scotth@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu = -Jimmy Buffet = >= Bitnet: scotth@uiuc.vmd = = >= = Apple II Forever! = >============================================================================== > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Tim Meekins <<>> Snail Mail: <<>> Apple II << >> meekins@cis.ohio-state.edu <<>> 8372 Morris Rd. <<>> Forever! << >> timm@pro-tcc.cts.com <<>> Hilliard, OH 43026 <<>> << -----------------------------------------------------------------------------