richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) (02/18/89)
(Followups to rec.mag)
Of course BYTE cancelled their computer graphics photo layout because of
too many Amiga entries. BYTE is a PC magazine.
Although it is a bit like cancelling the race because too many
Porsches showed up.
--
Lotus Super Seven Series III. Too fast to race.
BYTE computer graphics photo layout cancelled. Too many Amiga entries.
richard@gryphon.COM decwrl!gryphon!richard gryphon!richard@elroy.jpl.NASA.GOVClassic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com (02/20/89)
> Of course BYTE cancelled their computer graphics photo layout because of
too many Amiga entries. BYTE is a PC magazine. (R. Sexton)
No way. BYTE is "The Small Systems Journal". It says right on the cover. If
it's not, that's false advertising, n'est ce pas?
Leo, thank you for printing that letter. You can be SURE I will write to
BYTE. It's not the first time. When I cancelled my subscription (I have
been buying BYTE off the newstand for about 6 years, I think) and have sub-
scribed once or twice, I wrote and said the reason was unbalanced biased
coverage and Jerry P's immature and biased editorializing. I have not bought
it since and do not intend to as long as the quality is so severely compro-
mised.
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\\/// _______________________________________________ ///\\\ daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) (02/23/89)
in article <14857@cup.portal.com>, Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com says: > Xref: cbmvax comp.sys.amiga:32215 comp.graphics:5126 rec.mag:227 >> Of course BYTE cancelled their computer graphics photo layout because of > too many Amiga entries. BYTE is a PC magazine. (R. Sexton) > No way. BYTE is "The Small Systems Journal". It says right on the cover. The operative word here is "said". It doesn't say that any more. BYTE is currently a PC magazine, which an occasional bit of Macintosh thrown in as a token "non-PC" system. > /// Julie Petersen (LadyHawke@cup.portal.com `\\//\\/|'//' -- Dave Haynie "The 32 Bit Guy" Commodore-Amiga "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: D-DAVE H BIX: hazy Amiga -- It's not just a job, it's an obsession
jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) (02/23/89)
In article <14857@cup.portal.com> Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com writes: >> Of course BYTE cancelled their computer graphics photo layout because of > too many Amiga entries. BYTE is a PC magazine. (R. Sexton) As it turns out, this was NOT the reason. In fact, they put one of the entries for that on the cover instead. The entry was created on an Amiga. So please, don't cry wolf too much, it doesn't help the Amiga community to get a reputation for that (it already has too much of it now). Oh, and don't forget they replaced the pictures with a comparison of the Amiga's, Mac's, and (something elses) graphics capabilities. The type of article I do want to see in byte. I haven't seen the article, but having Amiga in the comparison (and having a comparison at all) is a step forward. >No way. BYTE is "The Small Systems Journal". It says right on the cover. If >it's not, that's false advertising, n'est ce pas? I agree Byte has gone way downhill, BUT it has been getting better in the last year or so (last febuary was the low point in my mind - it annoyed me so much I started a giant discussion on BIX about it - it turned out the (then) new editor, Fred Langa, agreed. We disagree on a number of points, but he HAS improved it in the last year. >Leo, thank you for printing that letter. You can be SURE I will write to >BYTE. It's not the first time. When I cancelled my subscription (I have >been buying BYTE off the newstand for about 6 years, I think) and have sub- >scribed once or twice, I wrote and said the reason was unbalanced biased >coverage and Jerry P's immature and biased editorializing. I have not bought >it since and do not intend to as long as the quality is so severely compro- >mised. Sure, Jerry is not know for his restraint or unbiased reporting. He can be a real pain at times. But he does write well. If you write Byte, don't say "put more amiga articles in". Say "more technical articles, less reviews." If they have more technical articles, more amiga articles will come, I'm quite sure. It's the damn PC reviews that are/were crowding out everything else. And try to avoid sounding like a net flame.... :-) Net-style flames aren't likely to get read real well... :-) -- Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup
todd@stiatl.UUCP (Todd Merriman) (02/23/89)
In article <6048@cbmvax.UUCP> daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes: > >> No way. BYTE is "The Small Systems Journal". It says right on the cover. > It should be called "The Small Minds Journal". I don't intend to read another issue. ...!gatech!stiatl!todd Todd Merriman 404-377-8638 Atlanta, GA
ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) (02/23/89)
In article <14857@cup.portal.com> Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com writes: >BYTE is "The Small Systems Journal". It says right on the cover. [ ... ] Not anymore. Go look; it's not there. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape INET: well!ewhac@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: UUCP: pacbell > !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor
richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) (02/24/89)
In article <6050@cbmvax.UUCP> jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes: >In article <14857@cup.portal.com> Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com writes: >>> Of course BYTE cancelled their computer graphics photo layout because of >> too many Amiga entries. BYTE is a PC magazine. (R. Sexton) > > As it turns out, this was NOT the reason. In fact, they put one >of the entries for that on the cover instead. The entry was created on >an Amiga. So please, don't cry wolf too much, it doesn't help the Amiga >community to get a reputation for that (it already has too much of it now). > > Oh, and don't forget they replaced the pictures with a comparison of >the Amiga's, Mac's, and (something elses) graphics capabilities. The type >of article I do want to see in byte. I haven't seen the article, but having >Amiga in the comparison (and having a comparison at all) is a step forward. Well I don't really acre what they claim their reasons were. If they'd said ``we're having a computer graphics art layout which we will later cancel'' I for one would not have felt too much like sending something in. AmigaWorld used to have a ``gallery'' for the first few issues. It was probablythe best thing about Amiga world. They havnt done it for a while, and AW hasnt been worth reading for a while. I can understand that a comparison of Amiga's vs whatever in is probably good for C= sales, but c'mon, out of 300+ pages, of mostly PC junk advertising, they couldnt spare 4 pages in which they could have put 8 (albeit small) pictures per side, which could have given us 64 of the pictures. Or they could have published a few (4 ? 7?) of the pictures with the article. How many pictures DID they get made on other machines anyway ? Perhaps it wasnt cancelled because there were too many Amiga pictures. Perhaps it was cancelled because there were no pictures made on other computers. > If you write Byte, don't say "put more amiga articles in". Say >"more technical articles, less reviews." If they have more technical articles, >more amiga articles will come, I'm quite sure. It's the damn PC reviews that >are/were crowding out everything else. How bout less techie stuff ane more pictures ? How bout a monthly gallery column ? -- Lotus Super Seven Series III. Too fast to race. BYTE computer graphics photo layout cancelled. Too many Amiga entries. richard@gryphon.COM decwrl!gryphon!richard gryphon!richard@elroy.jpl.NASA.GOV