smith@aic.nrl.navy.mil (Russ Smith) (02/18/89)
[this note sent to the generic Internet address amiga-relay@udel.edu] Recently a crossposted lament/flame appeared on this list referring to bias that BYTE magazine shows towards certain personal computers. The apparent bias unfortunately works against that one machine we know and love. Well, tough. BYTE *always* has been commercial. From day one under Wayne Green. That they base editorial decisions on what they (it?) perceive as valid commercial factors *really* IS their business. Literally. About 8 months ago or so I saw the writing on the wall and decided to let my (1975 charter member) subscription expire. You can, too. Many have and are. But don't waste your breath nor fingers "verbally" complaining about BYTE's bias. They even wrote once that they were going PC/Mac in orientation. Hey, they kept their PUBLICALLY made promise! -------------------------------------- Irrelevant opinion time -- BYTE is rapidly approaching the point where they will soon be writing about dishwasher-equivalents. Now I don't know about you, but *I'm* just not interested in reading an entire magazine about my dishwasher...it's just another appliance. [we won't even mention DDJ, right?] I personally believe that this "mainstream" slant that more than one computer magazine is taking WILL eventually lead to their demise. So it goes. Now me? I'm looking forward to that new gee-whiz 512-processor single board machine they have a construction article on in Ciarcia Celler Ink...[please please please, don't go PC...] -------------------------------------- Pardon the length...consider this a long-held sigh... =========================================================== ...uunet!mimsy!nrl-aic!hengeema!smith / ^^^^^^^^ Russ Smith - a.k.a. | \ |--- Amiga! smith@aic.nrl.navy.mil
deraadt@xenlink.UUCP (Theo A. DeRaadt) (02/19/89)
We could always start burning Byte magazines, and put a price on the head of the editor-in-chief. In case you did not notice, :-). <tdr.
lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (02/20/89)
In <9040@louie.udel.EDU>, smith@aic.nrl.navy.mil (Russ Smith) writes: >Recently a crossposted lament/flame appeared on this list referring to >bias that BYTE magazine shows towards certain personal computers. The >apparent bias unfortunately works against that one machine we know and love. > >Well, tough. BYTE *always* has been commercial. From day one under >Wayne Green. That they base editorial decisions on what they (it?) >perceive as valid commercial factors *really* IS their business. Literally. Well, that doesn't mean we can't or should not flame the living shit out of them as long as they ignore or badmouth the Amiga. Do what you want. I'll continue to badmouth them, futile as it may seem to you. If nothing else, it makes me feel better. -larry -- Frisbeetarianism: The belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca or uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+