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From: tucker@tahoe.unr.edu (Aaron Tucker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Amiga coverage in Byte
Message-ID: <5667@tahoe.unr.edu>
Date: 3 Mar 91 10:29:57 GMT
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Reply-To: tucker@tahoe.unr.edu (Aaron Tucker)
Organization: University of Nevada - Reno
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Your flames to BYTE are undeserved, in my opinion. You would love to have
BYTE condemn the IBM, MAC, SUN, etc. to doom because the AMIGA is here. I
love the AMIGA as much as or more than you do. But, there is a place for
other machines as well. BYTE started out as an IBM only magazine and has
been expanding thier coverage of machines. I don't hear you complaining
about not seeing ATARI in there. How come?

The articles about the AMIGA that have been printed have been positive. You
should be glad that they don't condemn it becuase AMIGA only displays 16
colors in HIRES, jittering all over the screen.

What about advertisers? Commodore would be wise to advertise thier 3000UX
in there, and maybe the 3000 in a multimedia ad. That's about it. Personally,
I think they would get more mileage out of INFOWORLD or RESELLER NEWS.
Secondly, the people advertising in BYTE now, are mostly IBM product
manufactures and clone manufacturers. Why would they advertise in a 
magazine that spent 25% or more of its pages dedicated to a machine that
couldn't use it's products? Why would an IBM user read BYTE when he could
have a 100% IBM machine magazine in PC MAGAZINE?

Reconsider your point of view. The AMIGA is great, but it is not
everything. Each computer has its strengths and weaknesses, and there are
magazines devoted to each one. If there is misinformation about the AMIGA,
or an omission where there should be a comment, then let the editors know.
But if you want AMIGA coverage, look to an AMIGA magazine first.


Juan Trevino
Modern Media