Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ecsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!ecsvax!calway From: calway@ecsvax.UUCP (James Calloway) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.mag Subject: Re: Infoworld Message-ID: <608@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Jan-85 23:29:56 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.608 Posted: Wed Jan 30 23:29:56 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Feb-85 07:41:48 EST References: <254@water.UUCP> , <130@unc.UUCP> Organization: The News and Observer Lines: 25 Xref: watmath net.micro:9246 net.mag:117 x I may be in the minority on InfoWorld, but I think the magazine has improved greatly since the days of its tabloid format. True, it tries to be more "serious" than in the past, but in the process its journalistic standards have risen. The tabloid passed off re-written press releases as reporting (I know, because I get the same press releases.), but now the magazine has consistently solid reporting. The features still tend to be weak unless they are tied to a specific news event, and that may explain why the magazine seems more boring than before, since large features get more play than they used to. I'm not a managerial type, but I read InfoWorld (and Byte) for professional reasons, and that obviously influences my opinion of both magazines. I don't know whether I would read either magazine just for fun. -- James Calloway The News and Observer Box 191 Raleigh, N.C. 27602 (919) 829-4570 {akgua,decvax}!mcnc!ecsvax!calway