Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UTCVM.BITNET!JWANKERL From: JWANKERL@UTCVM.BITNET ("Josef W. Wankerl") Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Apple II Market Share Message-ID: <9002261353.AA23053@apple.com> Date: 26 Feb 90 13:38:28 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 32 On Sun, 25 Feb 90 22:19:07 GMT said: > Has anyone noticed that the Apple // magazines seem are getting thinner >and thinner on cheaper paper? This sort of thing happens when a computer is >about to belly-up and die. I have back issues of A+ and Nibble that were as >thick as MacWorld and MacUser are now. I've seen this sort of thing happen >before (TRS-80 -- Boy! That was a llllooooonnnnnngggg time ago!) I think >that how a computer magazine looks is a fairly good indication of how well a >computer is doing. If it's thin and cheap looking, that means that they >are cutting corners and most likely losing money. > Hmmmmm... that's odd. GS+ Magazine just seems to get better with each issue. The first one was really just a Xerox... now they're being sent off to the a printing company... paper is thicker now, too (of course a printed copy is better than a Xerox, eh?). Maybe the reason why Apple // magazines aren't doing so well is because they aren't very good anymore. I used to like getting A+ and reading up on all different aspects of my Apple //... now I occationally pick it up to check out mail order prices. I mean, who really wants to read an article about football players that have Apple // computers? Big deal. I know many people who own //s. >-- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Sharon L. O'Neil | Internet: oneil@zeus.unomaha.edu | Bitnet: oneil@unoma1 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /**********************************************************************\ |* Joe "Gonzo" Wankerl |*| The views expressed here are *| |* BITNET => JWANKERL@UTCVM |*| not necessarily yours... *| |* |*| ...but they should be. *| \**********************************************************************/