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From: jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: NeXTWorld
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.111453.6133@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 26 Apr 91 11:14:53 GMT
References: <1991Apr25.005525.2690@ariel.unm.edu>
Organization: University of Helsinki
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In article <1991Apr25.005525.2690@ariel.unm.edu>, nwickham@triton.unm.edu (Neal C. Wickham) writes:
> Anyone seen the magazine NeXTWorld?  I am more convinced than ever that
> NeXT will fail after thumbing thru NeXTWorld.  It was a throw-back to
> the early 70s with lots of black & white photos with heavy heavy imagery
> and overwhelming subliminal sexual content.  It nearly made me sick, I'd
> just eaten.  It tried to project an image of power and strenth but will
> probably only appeal to people with strong S&M tendencies.  It was overall
> very depressing and will scare all but the hardcore sadists away.
> 

Oh, didn't you know that all NeXT buyers have to pass a three-day
S&M-test before they get their machines? In that that test, we have to
wear a black PVC suit and perform some most interesting tasks. :-)

Actually, I haven't seen a single issue of NeXTWorld, but a friend of
mine said it is _very_ classy. Looked more like a graphic design
magazine. But he is a S&M type, so you might be right, after all...

				Jouni