Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!labrea!decwrl!sun!pepper!cmcmanis From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: BYTE Message-ID: <27919@sun.uucp> Date: Mon, 14-Sep-87 15:29:24 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.27919 Posted: Mon Sep 14 15:29:24 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 15-Sep-87 07:16:37 EDT References: <8709090658.AA09801@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <1735@sputnik.COM> Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 48 In article <1735@sputnik.COM> kurt@tc.fluke.COM (Kurt Guntheroth) writes: >Actually, I was wondering if BYTE wasn't engaging in a deliberate attempt to >discredit commodore and the amiga. Back in late 1986/early 1987, BYTE had >become totally schizophrenic, with excellent technical articles on the amiga >from people who obviously knew about them, side by side with ridiculous >unchecked, unrebutted claims from letter writers and their editorial staff. As someone who has written articles for BYTE, the last one pretty much blew away a lot of the image processing community if the letters I keep getting are a representative sample, I can vouch for BYTE's willingness to publish articles about the Amiga. The big problem is to come up with article ideas that can be done easily on the Amiga and have relevance for the IBM PC community. So when I hear someone say, "Gee, no one gives the Amiga any press coverage." I like to ask them, "Why don't you write an article for them to print?" I know, you say "I'm not a writer, I'm a programmer, or hacker, or whatever." And I say, "Thats why they have technical editors." It's true, they can take your article and make it 100% grammatically correct, you just have to watch that they don't take out any technical information or change it in some way. So, my challenge to everyone who can write an 8 page flame to the Atari/Mac crowd here about how much better the Amiga, is to sit down and write 8 double spaced pages of text describing why your Amiga is the only computer you would own. Then send those to Phil Lemmons at BYTE Magazine, One Phoenix Mill Lane, Peterborough, New Hampshire 03458. Tell him in your cover letter that you don't think BYTE gives enough editorial coverage to the Amiga and therefore you are submitting this article to remedy that situation. Now I am not unrealistic, many if not most will get sent back with a "Thanks for submitting this article to BYTE magazine, but we can't currently use it." Letter, but a few will make it through, a since Byte only has about ten articles per issue, (I'm not counting the 'kernel', 'Reviews', and 'Departments' sections) chances are if the response is great enough we can fill up an entire issue with Amiga articles. And if your one of the ones that gets accepted then you will have some extra cash for that memory board or program you wanted (or tuition if you are a student) and if it gets rejected, send it to Dr. Dobbs. [You can also send it to AmigaWorld, Amazing, etc, but the point is not to preach to the choir if you know what I mean, and I think you do.] Hey, I promise to send one in by the end of October, if anyones interested I let you know what they say. --Chuck McManis uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.