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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
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Subject: Re: Amiga Transactor
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Date: 19 Dec 88 22:04:18 GMT
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In article <9810@gryphon.COM> hrlaser@pnet02.cts.com (Harv Laser) writes:
>papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>>After reading all three i can safely say, Transactor IS the BEST Amiga
>>magazine bar none.  Amiga Sentry is good, but seems to be always too
> 
>Hey Marco... have you ever seen THE AMIGAN APPRENTICE AND JOURNEYMAN ?
>It might make you change your mind about "BEST." AA&J is in a "journal"
>format - stapled, 3-hole punched, no advertising, not sold on newsstands.

Yes, I've heard of it, and have been told that it has great articles,
BUT how do I get it? Also, is there any way to get past issues?

>I'd agree with your other comments.  It seems to me that the "Roomers"
>column in Amazing is stirring up controversy... that translates into
>increased sales, so the Bandito is serving his purpose to AC, if not in
>one way, surely in another. :-)

Yes, I, as many others, buy Amazing Computing, and the first thing I do
is turn to Roomers.  I don't deny that :-)  On the other hand, the
section has so many factual inaccuracies and plain lies that I understand
why some developers are upset.  I doubt AC will stop the section, on
ground of "free press" and, as Harv points out, because they know now that
THAT section just sells the magazine, as well as Geraldo Rivera's trash 
seems to sell well.  We have free speech, and there should be space for
anything, as long as there is somebody that wants to buy it [and one
can always sue for libel, anyway].


-- Marco Papa 'Doc'


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