[comp.sys.mac] Unprofessionalism of Australian MacWorld

jteh@mulga.UUCP (11/21/87)

          Unprofessionalism of Australian MacWorld     
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        Sometime ago, readers of UseNet may remember that  a  few
articles by Peter Olson was posted. These articles were summaries
of some talks by Bill Atkinson, Bill Campbell  and  some  others,
made  during  the  Boston MacWorld Expo some time ago (read a few
months). Readers may also remember an article posted by  me  pre-
viewing HyperCard at Melbourne University, Australia. These arti-
cles  were  posted  to  UseNet  sometime   in   September   1987.
        It  has  come  to  my  attention that these articles were
reprinted without the permission of the authors, Peter Olson  and
myself  in  the  October  issue  of  the  Australian  edition  of
MacWorld. I have since written to the editor, Osmund Iverson  but
have  not had any reply.         Though the articles of Peter Ol-
son were correctly attributed, the same cannot be said about  the
article  written  by  me. In my article, it was explicitly stated
that the article may be freely reposted but must include the name
of  the author (me) and that the article must be printed in full.
Both of these wishes were ignored. Not only was my name left out,
but   the   article   was   edited  with  some  chunks  excluded.
        Though I do not wish to sue, I am expressing  my  dissap-
pointment  of  the  unprofessionalism  of  Australian MacWorld. I
realise that Oz MacWorld is affliated to US MacWorld. It is  well
known  within  Oz Mac users that Oz MacWorld is a trashy magazine
with no scrupples and I wish to make this  known  worldwide.  For
readers  within  Australia,  I  appeal to you all to boycott this
trashy magazine. Not only do we get better news from the  net,  I
have  found  little worth in most of the articles in Oz MacWorld.
        I thank you for you attention.

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J.T Teh 
"He is no fool who  gives  up what   he   cannot   keep   to   
gain   what   he  cannot  lose."
                             -   James Elliot
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clubmac@runx.ips.oz (Macintosh Users Group) (11/23/87)

Jin,
	I agree, OZ MacWorld isn't the greatest publication for Mac users.
	And I do think it is unfortunate that OZ MacWorld only credits
	net authors occasionally.

	I prefer MacUser, despite some of the garbage (like Dvorak's ramblings)