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From: davidg%aegis.or.jp@kyoto-u.ac.jp (Dave McLane)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,alt.bbs
Subject: Re: PC Magasine Testing Irregularities
Keywords: communications software testing zmodem
Message-ID: <H0aZ12w163w@aegis.or.jp>
Date: 24 Apr 91 22:37:40 GMT
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Organization: Aegis Society
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mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes:

> >   PC Magazine Communications Software Testing Irregularities
> [woes of testing deleted...]
>
> Chuck,
>
> Its real simple. Start taking out huge, multi-page mega$thousand$
> dollar ads, and you're reviews will instantly, mysteriously, shoot
> up to A-numero-uno.
>
> Its one reason I stopped getting just about every PC-<whatever>
> magazine.

I was also a bit taken aback by the PC-Magazine review ... until I
realized their basic assumption: the potential user was a company
who wanted a pair of modems to link two sites. Period. They were
not talking about a modem that would let somebody link to as many
other modems/people as possible.

According to a fairly recent survey, PC Magazine says that most
of it's readers are just that: people at companies. Their "reviews"
are *not* for networkers....

I keep getting it as I run DOS programs (under DOS and under VP/ix)
and like to keep up with the latest versions, etc., but their "reviews"
are pretty worthless for what I'm doing....

--Dave