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From: kdarling@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling)
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Subject: Re: Reality check: Amiga coverage is not a right, but a privilege
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Date: 18 Dec 90 12:32:22 GMT
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In <7294@sugar.hackercorp.com>peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes
| In article <1990Dec17.095310.8040@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> kdarling@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes:
|> Truth.  Editors of two major non-IBM-specific magazines have told me that
|> they cringe whenever they print *anything* on the Amiga, because they
|> know that they'll get tons of nasty letters telling them their "mistakes".
|
|What sort of "mistakes" are we talking about here? Are we talking about people
|like Jerry Pournelle? If that's the case we're better off without the coverage:

Yeah, I agree on JP.  How can one not?  <grimace>

Sorry I used "mistakes" as shorthand.  Long night. Tired.  Figured
everyone would know what was meant: anything from outright misinformation 
to a bad picture of the video screen, to not being "positive enough".
Doesn't matter.  It's their getting only complaints that hurts.

| I've dropped several magazines (Byte, Dr. Dobbs Journal, etc) [...]

Not that it matters, but I've kept BYTE if only to see what else is going
on.  I believe it was mentioned on CIS that one of their new editors used
to be an Amiga mag editor, which may explain more Ami coverage recently.
Also I should mention that DDJ has said they'd be happy to have more
Amiga articles, but just don't get any (yes, it's another Catch-22).

>But when you like an article in a magazine, TELL THEM. I haven't read this
>particular Byte, but I'll probably buy the magazine just for the article.

Absolute agreement with your entire article, Peter. If all the people who
posted messages about BYTE coverage instead sent letters to them,
I highly suspect their editors would take notice.  It's a sad fact of
life, but mags are in it for the money, not out of altruistic beliefs.
Hmmm...kind of like the evening newscasters ;-).  Happy holidays!
  kevin <kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu>