sale5312@fredonia.UUCP (Marty Saletta) (04/24/89)
I haven't purchased STart in over a year, so I was suprised to
see a new Amiga magazine in my local bookstore's shelf,with "Antic"
on the cover.
I'm not mad (*please,PLEASE* don't start that stupid "war" again...)
but I am puzzled. Why would they do something like that? If that brings
in more revenue, then great. But since reading Antic from their first year,
I can't imagine them publishing anything but an Atari magazine (at least
with "Antic" on the cover.)
The only thing I can figure is new owners. Kinda a switch from
a few years ago. Antic (named after and Atari chip) making a Commodore-
only mag, and "LFP" rescuing Analog. What's next?
-Marty
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\/ \ | | \ / | / ~UUCP:...{decvax,rutgers}!sunybcs!fredonia!sale5312~~c60c-3ds@web-1b.berkeley.edu (John Kawakami) (04/24/89)
In article <1535@fredonia.UUCP> sale5312@fredonia.UUCP (Marty Saletta) writes: [about the new amiga mag from antic] > I'm not mad (*please,PLEASE* don't start that stupid "war" again...) >but I am puzzled. Why would they do something like that? If that brings >in more revenue, then great. But since reading Antic from their first year, >I can't imagine them publishing anything but an Atari magazine (at least >with "Antic" on the cover.) > Actually, Antic has published an Apple][ magazine for a while now. Just check the publisher of II Computing. They also sell software for the Amiga, through the Catalog. John Kawakami c60c-3ds@web.berkeley.edu
joe@cbmvax.UUCP (Joe O'Hara) (04/25/89)
In article <1535@fredonia.UUCP> sale5312@fredonia.UUCP (Marty Saletta) writes: > > > I haven't purchased STart in over a year, so I was suprised to >see a new Amiga magazine in my local bookstore's shelf,with "Antic" >on the cover. > > I'm not mad (*please,PLEASE* don't start that stupid "war" again...) >but I am puzzled. Why would they do something like that? If that brings >in more revenue, then great. But since reading Antic from their first year, >I can't imagine them publishing anything but an Atari magazine (at least >with "Antic" on the cover.) The magazine title is actually "Antic's Amiga+". I would imagine that the publishers see a potential market and are therefore attempting to garner additional business. Ditto on the "no war" plea. Both machines have their advantages. -- ======================================================================== Joe O'Hara || Comments represent my own opinions, Commodore Electronics Ltd || not my employers. Any similarity to Software QA || to any other opinions, living or dead, || is purely coincidental. ========================================================================
dlm@druwy.ATT.COM (Dan Moore) (04/25/89)
in article <1535@fredonia.UUCP>, sale5312@fredonia.UUCP (Marty Saletta) says: > I haven't purchased STart in over a year, so I was suprised to > see a new Amiga magazine in my local bookstore's shelf,with "Antic" > on the cover. > > I'm not mad (*please,PLEASE* don't start that stupid "war" again...) > but I am puzzled. Why would they do something like that? If that brings > in more revenue, then great. But since reading Antic from their first year, > I can't imagine them publishing anything but an Atari magazine (at least > with "Antic" on the cover.) There hasn't been a change of ownership at Antic. They haven't been an Atari only company for several years. They used to have an Apple mag and a R/C Model mag, I know the Apple mag is gone and think the R/C one is also. They (actually Jim Capparell(sp)) started an Amiga mag because the Amiga is a rapidly growing market. That means they should have a lot of growth and profits for their Amiga mag. I know the 8 bit mag is selling into a shrinking market, I'm not sure about "STart" since I haven't been tracking the circulation numbers recently. (All I ever look at is Dave and my column, so I know which was was published this month.) Actually you could make a reasonable case that Antic should only publish mags about the 8 bit Atari's and the Amiga since both were designed by the same person. Dan Moore AT&T Bell Labs Denver dlm@druwy.ATT.COM
jdutka@wpi.wpi.edu (John Dutka) (04/27/89)
In article <1535@fredonia.UUCP> sale5312@fredonia.UUCP (Marty Saletta) writes: > The only thing I can figure is new owners. Kinda a switch from >a few years ago. Antic (named after and Atari chip) making a Commodore- >only mag, and "LFP" rescuing Analog. What's next? They apparently saw the possibility of profit, as there are over a million Amigas out there...