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- From: langston@memstvx1.memst.edu (Mark C. Langston)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Amiga product reviews in BYTE!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.164703.4102@memstvx1.memst.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 16:47:03 -0600
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Memphis State University
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- Well, while I wait to hear the results of the 'Win an a4000' contest
- (Geez, this guy's impatient...but the winners _were_ supposedly announced
- today), I thought this might interest everyone...
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- In several issues this year, (including the latest one), BYTE magazine has
- started mentioning the Amiga. Hell, in the newest one, they actually
- _reviewed_ two Amiga-only products! (one of which, a 16-bit sound board, I
- forget which one, was compared to actually having an 8-track recording
- studio, and put the Mac contender to shame...). They even reviewed Bars &
- Pipes Pro.
- Now, I'm not complaining about the sudden interest in covering the Amiga,
- but isn't it interesting that they started the coverage about the same time
- C= threw tens of thousands of dollars at them for two-page spread ads? It
- smells funky from this end... must a company advertise with them before their
- platform gets reviewed? I never see Nexts or Suns advertised, but they don't
- hesitate to mention them in just about every issue.
-
- Oh, well. Whatever the reason, I'm just happy it's finally getting coverage
- in something other than an Amiga mag.
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- Mark C. Langston | "Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny."
- Psychology Dept. | "Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't
- Memphis State U. | be done, and why. Then do it."
- "Pftph!" | -From the notebooks of Lazarus Long
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