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From: grig8348@fredonia.UUCP (LoyEllen Griggs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC Tech Journal Dies
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Date: 24 Feb 89 19:20:27 GMT
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Reply-To: grig8348@fredonia.UUCP (LoyEllen Griggs)
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In article <8228@watcgl.waterloo.edu> smvorkoetter@watmum.waterloo.edu (Stefan M. Vorkoetter) writes:
;In article <1826@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu> jal@ee.rochester.edu (John Lefor) writes:
;>I was asked by the PC Tech Journal to write an article for the
;>upcoming May or June issue.  I just found out that the April 
;>issue will be their last.
;Does anyone know if they went bankrupt, or are just quitting?  I wonder if
;I will be refunded the balance of my subscription?  My opinion is that PC Tech
;has really gone downhill in the last year or so.  Comments?
;
I wonder if anyone out there can actually check this out, since the ad exec
from PC Tech just called us last month to solicit advertising for the SUMMER.
Not to mention that I know officially the magazine still has subscribers in
6 digits and just ran a huge subscription drive in the last few months.  I'm
not entirely sure about this closing down, I'll take it with a grain of salt
until I hear more.

My opinion is not that PC tech has gone downhill, but that the rag--like so
many computer publications--tried to be all things to all users provided 
those users were willing to spend money.  As things go, this destroys the
focus, looses the original readership, and ends up pleasing no one.  For
a pleasant alternative to the typical story, see TUG lines, an itty-bitty
newsletter not related to Borland, but all about their products.  It may
not be hacker wonderful, but it does keep its focus.  Other computer rags
could learn a few lessons about when to _go for_ a narrow topic range.




-- 
"..we move always, if not in the dark, in a twilight, with imperfect vision,
constantly mistaking one object for another, imagining distant obstacles where
none exist, and unaware of some fatal menace close at hand." -- T.S. Eliot
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