Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!watdragon!rose!hpchang
From: hpchang@rose.waterloo.edu (Hsi P. Chang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Byte Bashing Redux
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Date: 21 Feb 89 23:59:00 GMT
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In article plouff@levers.dec.com (Wes Plouff) writes:

>Totaro wrote back, in part...

>   "And finally, BYTE has changed to secure its place among industry
>   professionals as the most authoritative and technically relevant
>   publication in the business.  This reputation had been tarnished
>   in recent years and, in the view of many, BYTE was becoming
>   obsolescent." 

Since when are the IBM PC/clones are considered a high-tech machine ?

If the "business" mentioned above is secretarial word-processing/spreadsheet,
then by all means BYTE is the most "technically relevant" publication in
that "business".

>Totaro went on to say that he believed the changes in 1987-88 had
>improved the magazine and redefined, but not narrowed, its focus. 

Yup. Like redefining the words "Amiga" and "Atari" to be dirty words.

BYTE is a joke. I used to read it because it contained alot of stuff about
other types of computers besides the biggies. I even remember when the
CBM VIC-20 was reviewed by BYTE. But now, it's just one of many IBM PC
magazines.

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