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From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,alt.bbs
Subject: Re: PC Magazine Testing Irregularities
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Date: 27 Apr 91 22:37:10 GMT
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Mr. Tigrett (project leader for the comms program tests) has
acknowledged improperly configuring COM-AND for the tests.
COM-AND's performance significantly improved with proper
application, but did not challenge the highest scores.

As of Saturday April 27, PC Magazine has not provided any
information in response to my April 13 (repeated April 15)
request for information on their test procedures.

PC Mag has not responded to the issues raised in my posting of
April 22, which was also posted on their own Compuserve forum.

In my estimation, it will be far more difficult for PC Magazine
to acknowledge their error(s) with Professional-YAM.  Correcting
their flawed test of COM-AND does not require a major rewrite of
the spread as a whole.  Assuming their testing of Professional-YAM
was equally flawed, admitting to and correcting their mistake will
require a number of pages to present corrected graphics and to
revise evaluations made on the basis of the flawed 115kbps tests.

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX          ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf 
Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, and DSZ
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