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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