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From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.graphics,rec.mag
Subject: Re: Open Mouth.  Insert Foot.  BYTE.
Message-ID: <6050@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 22 Feb 89 19:07:53 GMT
References: <10747@well.UUCP> <12232@gryphon.COM> <14857@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <14857@cup.portal.com> Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com writes:
>> Of course BYTE cancelled their computer graphics photo layout because of
>  too many Amiga entries.  BYTE is a PC magazine.  (R. Sexton)

	As it turns out, this was NOT the reason.  In fact, they put one
of the entries for that on the cover instead.  The entry was created on
an Amiga.  So please, don't cry wolf too much, it doesn't help the Amiga
community to get a reputation for that (it already has too much of it now).

	Oh, and don't forget they replaced the pictures with a comparison of
the Amiga's, Mac's, and (something elses) graphics capabilities.  The type
of article I do want to see in byte.  I haven't seen the article, but having
Amiga in the comparison (and having a comparison at all) is a step forward.

>No way.  BYTE is "The Small Systems Journal".  It says right on the cover.  If
>it's not, that's false advertising, n'est ce pas?

	I agree Byte has gone way downhill, BUT it has been getting better
in the last year or so (last febuary was the low point in my mind - it
annoyed me so much I started a giant discussion on BIX about it - it turned out
the (then) new editor, Fred Langa, agreed.  We disagree on a number of points,
but he HAS improved it in the last year.

>Leo, thank you for printing that letter.  You can be SURE I will write to
>BYTE.  It's not the first time.  When I cancelled my subscription (I have
>been buying BYTE off the newstand for about 6 years, I think) and have sub-
>scribed once or twice, I wrote and said the reason was unbalanced biased
>coverage and Jerry P's immature and biased editorializing.  I have not bought
>it since and do not intend to as long as the quality is so severely compro-
>mised.

	Sure, Jerry is not know for his restraint or unbiased reporting.  He can
be a real pain at times.  But he does write well.

	If you write Byte, don't say "put more amiga articles in".  Say
"more technical articles, less reviews."  If they have more technical articles,
more amiga articles will come, I'm quite sure.  It's the damn PC reviews that
are/were crowding out everything else.

	And try to avoid sounding like a net flame.... :-)  Net-style flames
aren't likely to get read real well... :-)

-- 
Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup