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From: U3364521@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (Lou Cavallo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Reality check: Amiga coverage is not a right, but a privilege
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Date: 13 Dec 90 08:41:15 GMT
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G'day,

Eric Giguere (giguere@csg.waterloo.edu ) writes:

> [..a very good discussion about the business side of who gets what..]
> [..coverage in magazines (esp. PC industry).  A little too lengthy..]
> [..to include here however.                                       ..]

I am not disputing what you've said about why magazines will not cover
the Amiga in their magazines.  I agree with your observations.

As someone mentioned earlier, the Mac enthusiasts had to yell to have
their voice heard and they too were not a commercially significant lot
in the beginning (compared to the Big Blue crowd).

The magazine coverage thread, crude as it was { <-- we hope :-) } is a
Battle Cry. :-)

> Eric Giguere                                giguere@csg.UWaterloo.CA

yours truly,
Lou Cavallo.

PS: how many of us have read statements similar to "you don't need any
multi tasking", or "multimedia has yet not arrived" in PC magazines? I
realise I'm only scratching the tip of a volcano here but ...