Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!necntc!ames!amdcad!sun!cmcmanis From: cmcmanis@sun.uucp (Chuck McManis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: BYTE Message-ID: <28497@sun.uucp> Date: Fri, 18-Sep-87 14:57:03 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.28497 Posted: Fri Sep 18 14:57:03 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Sep-87 04:31:35 EDT References: <8709090658.AA09801@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <1735@sputnik.COM> <27919@sun.uucp> <743@elmgate.UUCP> Reply-To: cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 44 In article <743@elmgate.UUCP> jdg@aurora.UUCP (Jeff Gortatowsky) writes: [about what I originally wrote...] >> .... 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. > >Is that the point? Or was the last sentence meant to have a '8^)' after >it? Why would spend 1-3 weeks of spare time polishing up an article, >that, according to the above comments, *MUST* have some relevance to IBM >PeeCee clone owners. > >Why would I do it? I can't think of any reason. More to the point, >the above requirement, if it indeed exists, just butresses the notion >the Byte "The small systems journal" should be Byte "The IBM-PC and >Klone and other junk journal". Jeff, and others. The point is that a *lot* of BYTE readers own IBM PC compatibles. (This is a fact, not a supposition) And those readers encourage advertisers who in turn pay for editorial pages. So when BYTE decides to publish something they have to ask "Will our *readers* be interested in this?" And just as you and others complain about the lack to meat and potatoes technical stuff, this larger quantity complains about not enough PC business stuff. Granted this is grossly oversimplified, but it illustrates the point no? You can always publish in Amiga World or Amazing Computing or something. The goal being, like my Image processing article, to show that here is something you can do on the Amiga, sure you can do it on the PC and these are the thousand dollar hoops you have to jump through. If those PC guys and gals are interested they read it, and have a little more exposure to the one true micro :-). Now, BYTE maintains a pretty good editorial direction which is aimed at the sophisticated, usually technical micro computer user. And thats why they publish these things at all (try to get a favorable Amiga article published in PCWeek!) and why you can make a difference. The other point here is, THIS IS ALL ADVICE, and not necessarily BYTE's editorial policy. It works for me, your mileage may vary. There is nothing stopping you from submitting *anything* computer related for publication in BYTE. However, if you are going to do that may I suggest you actually send only the first paragraph and an outline (which will save you a lot of time) and let them tell you if they have any interest at all. -- --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.