Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!lakesys!gryphon!richard From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Technical excellence in publishing (or a lack thereof) Message-ID: <1488@gryphon.CTS.COM> Date: Thu, 10-Sep-87 04:41:52 EDT Article-I.D.: gryphon.1488 Posted: Thu Sep 10 04:41:52 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Sep-87 07:36:17 EDT References: <13323@amdahl.amdahl.com> <467@esunix.UUCP> <67@oresoft.UUCP> Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 95 Keywords: publications BYTE Dr. Dobb's In article <67@oresoft.UUCP> rick@oresoft.UUCP (Rick Lahrson) writes: >In article <467@esunix.UUCP> bpendlet@esunix.UUCP (Bob Pendleton) writes: >>in article <...>, kim@amdahl.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) says: >>> It's sad, really, that the premire technical publications like BYTE and >>> Dr. Dobb's have chosen to largely ignore technically superior machines >>> >>After more than ten years as a BYTE subscriber, the September issue convinced >>me to drop my subscription to BYTE. Even Jerry's column was boring this month. ^^^^^^^ See his column in Infoworld this week ? Raving about the Atari ST and all but dismissing the Amiga as an "Artists machine". Sure. Its plain to see. Every time I read this group I see "artists" talking about named pipes, resource tracking, serial.port timestamping etc. Funny, but my brother went to "Art school" and for some reason they just didn't get around to this stuff. >>A month or two ago the editorial described the results of a reader survey >>they had conducted. It marked the end of BYTE as a computer magazine and >>the birth of BYTE the IBM slave. The survey showed that the average BYTE >>reader was an upscale, highly educated, computer illiterate who used IBM >>computers at home and at work. My interpretation, not theirs. > >Alas, I too have given up on BYTE. I won't be renewing my subscription. >And Dr. Dobb's is on probation. Gawd, I gave up mine in '73 :-) When Leo was 9. Ouch. I only buy 'em if a particular article looks interesting or I need to read some ads. >I don't understand how ... never mind. Me either. Ok. >I forgot. Me too. > The "bottom line". >Money. That's what's determining policy in American business. Money- >oriented people are making the decisions about what's good and what's >not so good. And money-oriented people don't care about anything but >their dead numbers. Quality doesn't enter into it. Witness the purchase >and third party support of IBM Pieces o' Crap, when such things as the >Amiga exist. Now BYTE has sold out. Crap. They care about solutions. IBM legitamized the whole crop of buisness oriented microcomputers, and made it fit on top of the desk instead of BE the desk, to boot. (no put intended) >This looks like a close race -- either the Amiga gets immensely popular >kith the business community, or it dies from sheer public airheadedness. While massive support from the buisness community would be nice, if C= were to go *poof* tomorrow and not a single buisness were to use a single amiga I dont really think the user enthusiasm would dwindle mush at all. Face it, all C= had to do was get these damn things into our hands. Now they are done. Sure a laptop amiga would be nice, as would be 24 bitplanes, but I figure I have 10 years worth of things to do on my short term list. Anything C= gives is now would just be icing on the cake. And icing is oh so sweet. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >A note to Commodore: > >Hurry up with that 2000, friends. Get it in the stores, the mail-order >houses, and in people's awareness. And, for goodness' sake: > >*** A D V E R T I S E *** the Amiga! Advertise it! Then Advertise it! >And Advertise it some more. Ever notice?: IBM advertises, in a BIG way. >Ever notice?: They're bigger than you, getting bigger still, and thriving. > (There's a connection) > >-- Yeah, they could sell 18 more machines. Wasn't this #87 ? Seriously, C='s advertising schedule was posted on Plink (thanks Harv) and it looks pretty good. Now, if only we could convince them of ht merit of airing the Dale and =RJ= "we thank you for your support" and Amiga 999 commercials... >Rick Lahrson ...tektronix!oresoft!rick -- Richard J. Sexton INTERNET: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, ihnp4, nosc}!crash!gryphon!richard "It's too dark to put the key in my ignition..."