Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!bradley.bradley.edu!pallas!wally From: wally@pallas.athenanet.com (Wally Hartshorn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Amiga World / Amazing Computing Tech magazines Summary: Drop the disk -- PLEASE! Message-ID: <1049@pallas.athenanet.com> Date: 2 Apr 91 01:23:42 GMT References: <67906@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Organization: Athenanet, Inc., Springfield, Illinois Lines: 22 Both AmigaWorld and Amazing say that they won't sell the magazines without the disk so that they don't have to "waste" space in the magazine printing source listings. Baloney. They could DOUBLE the size of the magazine, leaving them PLENTY of room for source listings, and sell the thing for considerably less than the $16 that they're asking now. I buy magazines for IDEAS, not for software. If Fred Fish can sell his disks for $7 (or less), then surely AmigaWorld and Amazing can sell their stuff for less $$$ than what they're charging now. I've bought the first issue of both magazines, and although I was impressed by both, I don't think I felt impressed enough to spend $16 for them. Frankly, I think they're trying to rip us off. They KNOW that we're desperate for a techie replacement for Transactor, so they're going to soak us for all the cash they can. (I generally laugh at people who make accusations like the one I've just made, but this issue really has me ticked off.) -- Wally Hartshorn (uunet!pallas!wally or wally@athenanet.com) President, Amiga Computer Enthusiasts of Springfield (ACES) Chronicler, Shire of Swordcliff, SCA Sysop, The Quest, F&SF BBS, Citadel-68K node US (217) 546-7608