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- From: terjem@stud.cs.uit.no (Terje Normann Marthinussen)
- Subject: Re: Amiga product reviews in BYTE!
- References: <1992Nov16.164703.4102@memstvx1.memst.edu>
- Sender: news@news.uit.no (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Tromsoe
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:32:33 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.193233.11066@news.uit.no>
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- In article <1992Nov16.164703.4102@memstvx1.memst.edu>, langston@memstvx1.memst.edu (Mark C. Langston) writes:
- >
- > 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...
- >
- >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.
-
- I have the feeling that BYTE has wanted or has been interested in covering
- Amiga more, but I'm not sure why they haven't.
-
- A though that has touched my mind, is that maybe it's the developers of Amiga
- soft and hardware which hasn't given BYTE information about new products.
-
- Probably most developers haven't seen BYTE as the right magazine for their
- product, which of course has been a huge error.
-
-
-
- Terje Marthinussen
- terjem@stud.cs.uit.no
-