Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!steinmetz!ge-dab!peora!joel
From: joel@peora.ccur.com (Joel Upchurch)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: More BYTE discussion
Summary: 3-d graphs are chartjunk
Keywords: BYTE, magic, lost
Message-ID: <3633@peora.ccur.com>
Date: 4 Aug 88 14:06:37 GMT
References: <987@bucket.UUCP> <5523@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>
Organization: Concurrent Computer Corp, Orlando FL
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In article <5523@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>, urjlew@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Rostyk Lewyckyj) writes:
> In their product comparisons, I wish they would get away from
> the fancy smantzy presentation graphics of three dimensional
> bar charts and concentrate instead on verifyable results
> presented in meaningfull tables and readable graphs.

I agree about the 3-D graphics. PC Magazine has the same problem with
graphics, although the quality of their product comparsions is far higher.
When they do a product comparsion they review a lot of stuff, including
some obscure ones you've never heard of. If often turns out that one of
these obscure packages has exactly the feature you've been looking for.

I agree that it would be nice if Byte was more general in their coverage.
I already have my PC-Compatible magazines to keep me informed on this
subject, what I want to know is what everybody else is doing.

I'm having the same problem with Infoworld. They have actually said they
are now a weekly for business microcomputers and that business micros mean
PCs and Macs. As a result I get a lot of product reviews for stuff that
has already been done more throughly in PC Magazine.

It's getting to the point where if I want to find out what everybody
else is doing I have to buy Computer Shopper (:>).
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