Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!rochester!cornell!johnhlee From: johnhlee@piccolo.cs.cornell.edu (John H. Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Industry Publications Ignoring the Amiga. Message-ID: <49754@cornell.UUCP> Date: 14 Dec 90 23:49:39 GMT References: <0bO1DBe00VQC43NlRU@andrew.cmu.edu> <1990Dec14.174951.1555@rice.edu> Sender: nobody@cornell.UUCP Reply-To: johnhlee@cs.cornell.edu (John H. Lee) Distribution: usa Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY Lines: 31 Summary: Followup-To: In article <1990Dec14.174951.1555@rice.edu> jsd@spotted.rice.edu (Shawn Joel Dube) writes: >In article <0bO1DBe00VQC43NlRU@andrew.cmu.edu>, cy0q+@andrew.cmu.edu (Chad O. Yoshikawa) writes: >|> Ed, >|> If they want MS-DOS ads, then call the magazine MS-DOS world. Its just >|> a disguise that they put on, calling themselves PC WORLD when they only >|> cover about 1/10 of the globe. ^^^^^^^^ [...] > To me, the title "PC WORLD" refers to the ibm "PC" and its clones, not > every personnal computer in the world. If they wanted every personnal > computer instead of just the "PC", then they could have called their > mag "MICRO-COMPUTER WORLD." > > Think about it before you say or do or post. One should take one's own advice... It wasn't too long ago that "PC" meant Personal Computer, not a specific microcomputer, until IBM decided to corrupt computer jargon with the IBM PC. Yet even today, many people associate "PC" with Personal Computer. How many people do you know will talk to you about "your PC" even when they know you have an Amiga, MacIntosh, or 3b1? Hence "PC World" connotes more general coverage than actuality. "PC World" is a nice way to project encompassing coverage without lying about its true audience. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DiskDoctor threatens the crew! Next time on AmigaDos: The Next Generation. John Lee Internet: johnhlee@cs.cornell.edu The above opinions of those of the user, and not of this machine.