Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!schein From: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: USENET REVIEWS Message-ID: <3527@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 25 Mar 88 20:03:32 GMT References: <540@lakesys.UUCP> Reply-To: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 46 In article <540@lakesys.UUCP> joe@lakesys.UUCP (Joe Pantuso) writes: > >Proposal: To start an electronic review system for new Amiga software and >hardware. It would be distributed by Usenet, then placed onto local bbs's. >Reviewers would be impartial members of Usenet. ^^^^^^^^^ Hmmmm...... This looks fine with me. We have been kicking this subject around for some time now, and with someone actually willing to take charge - lets do it !! > 3) If you wish to be an official reviewer > > 4) If you wish to recieve it/think it's a good idea > > 5) If you wish to and can be an "official" rep on local bbs's for > the reviews, i.e. You would unshar them and post them (I > forsee not only text reviews but iff files of charts, and > graphics from reviewed programs). > Count me in for all three of these. Since we are going to have guidelines for the review(s) - do we need guidelines for the actual reviewer? (Not to follow, but requirements to become a reviewer) > I believe that it would have to be officially recognized by Commodore, >and they would hopefully inform magazines and companies. This would make NR >more legitimate. > I think that with the fairly high number of CBM folk on the net, odds are CBM would be involved in one way or another (Unofficially or Officially). Once we set up some kind of actual guidelines and reviewers, im sure that a few of the comp.sys.amiga readers can arrange coverage in the Amiga magazines ;-) >|Joe Pantuso | joe@lakesys.UUCP /// REVIEWS? -- Dan Schein uucp: {ihnp4|allegra|burdvax|rutgers}!cbmvax!schein Commodore AMIGA ARPANET: cbmvax!schein@uunet.uu.net 1200 Wilson Drive Bix: dschein Plink: Dan*CATS West Chester PA 19380 phone: (215) 431-9100 ext. 9542 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Call BERKS AMIGA BBS - 24 Hrs - 3/12/2400 Baud - 40Meg - 215/678-7691 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ I help Commodore by supporting the AMIGA. Commodore supports me by allowing me to form my own suggestions and comments.