Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!usc!ucsd!nosc!crash!pro-sherwood.cts.com!matthew From: matthew@pro-sherwood.cts.com (Matthew McGehrin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Boycott A+ Message-ID: <6166@crash.cts.com> Date: 8 Dec 90 04:56:06 GMT Sender: root@crash.cts.com Lines: 34 In-Reply-To: message from scotth@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu > When I first read about A+/Incider's decision to include Macintosh coverage > in it's magazine, I was a bit upset. But then I went through my old A+ > magazines and I found something interesting. Back in 1985, The A+ magazine > said "The Independent Guide for APPLE Computing." In the upper right hand > corner was a box saying "Including MACINTOSH Coverage." In 1986, the cover > of A+ listed "Apple II/Macintosh" under the A+ logo. It wasn't until 1987 > when A+ put "The #1 Apple II Magazine" under the A+ logo. > > After they did away with Macintosh info in their magazine, it took less than > 2 years for the magazine to have to sell out to Incider. Now, do we REALLY > want to boycott the *ONLY* (besides Nibble) comercial magazine that does > more than give lip service to the Apple II? > > 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. > I agree, that eliminating the mac did not help the magazine as a whole, but perhaps they thought they could just focus on entirely on Apple // and they found out the hardway, that they couldnt. I stop subscribing once it changed over, I never really liked Incider, thats why I subscribed to A+ -- matthew ProLine : matthew@pro-sherwood | Pro-Sherwood Internet: matthew@pro-sherwood.cts.com | 233-6278 (PCP) UUCP: crash!pro-sherwood!matthew | -- NJ:USA -- ARPA: crash!pro-sherwood!matthew@nosc.mil | or 1201-233-6278 (AT&T)