Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pasteur!agate!bionet!apple!rutgers!att!poseidon!ech From: ech@poseidon.ATT.COM (Edward C Horvath) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: MacWorld vs. MacUser vs. Macazine vs. ?? Message-ID: <541@poseidon.ATT.COM> Date: 20 Oct 88 13:21:05 GMT References: <73405@sun.uucp> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Lincroft, NJ Lines: 24 From article <73405@sun.uucp>, by chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach): > ...they aren't afraid to pull punches... Not quite what you meant, eh, Chuq? Pulling a punch is holding back. Just a nit...anyway, I agree with you more and more, and share your concern that they "stay honest." Of course, there was a day when MacUser was playing catch-up and they had more substance. Then Z-D bought 'em...sigh... > If you only want one magazine, take macazine. If you want two, add Macworld. > Beyond that? It's up to you. I'll probably drop MacUser *again* when my > subscription is up. You just described my actions of the last couple of months. > Mactutor: I dropped my subscription, and never noticed. What more can I say? I have to disagree here, but then, I write a lot of Mac code. MacTutor is Macintosh Tech Notes for The Rest of Us. There was a funny incident at the '88 Apple Spring Developer conference: when Dave Smith (MacTutor's founder and editor) tried to ask a question in one session, the moderator (who shall remain nameless) said "no questions from the press." The rowdy reaction from the floor was "that's not press, that's MacTutor!" Dave's question was allowed... =Ned Horvath=