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From: mcc@moscom.UUCP (Mike Corbett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: InfoWorld and IFF
Message-ID: <2405@moscom.UUCP>
Date: 10 Dec 90 12:12:13 GMT
References: <9011220147.AA17420@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: mcc@moscom.UUCP (Mike Corbett)
Organization: Moscom Corp., E. Rochester, NY
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In article <9011220147.AA17420@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> 91_bickingd@GAR.UNION.EDU ("Bicking, David") writes:
>
>I found an interesting article in the Nov 5 issue of InfoWorld. 
>
>		    MACROMIND PROPOSES MEDIA FORMAT
>	Macromedia to Guarantee Compatibility Across All Major Platforms
>
>By Paul Worthington
>
     [long article that ignores the Amiga in Multimedia deleted]
>
>	Is there SOMEONE, somewhere who can give Infoworld a wakeup call? 
>Anyone from C= wanna try and convince them (and others) to (realistically)
>support the Amiga platform?  I'm getting REAL frustrated here...  I've heard
>they only briefly mentionned the Video Toaster in their Comdex review, and
>a rather uninterested mention at that!  What's the deal????
>

Maybe it's time for a letter writing campaign by _us_, the people who read
Info World.  I have seen enough quotes from Info World in this newsgroup to
know that a lot of us here do read it.  If the readership -demands- coverage
of our favorite computer we may get some.  The more enterprising wmong us may
even like to include a copy of your letter to an Info World advertiser (or two)
with an explanation of how much you dislike such lopsided reporting.

I know that I get pissed just about every time I read an issue now adays.
Remember the recent special on GUIs for "single user systems".  They compared
ease of installation, ease of use, memory handing, ability to muti-task, etc.
But not a _word_ about the Amiga.  In another issue there was a comparison of
word processing for graphical based environments.  Again, no mention.

It was the vocalness of the Mac community that got coverage started there.  Now
it's our turn.  We can't expect them to read our minds.  They will only include
the Amiga if they know that people want to read about it.

Let's let them know!

Mike

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