how are we doing?
28-Apr-92 11:00:27
Sb: #22980-how are we doing?
Fm: Michael Gerard 75505,1757
To: Syndesis 76004,1763
It is a fine line, and I agree with you John. Magazines are themselves
commercial ventures… I don't know of many Amiga related commercial
enterprises that don't live hand to mouth. Why should a magazine 'bite the
hand that feeds'? Yes, it's a shame that more information isn't more
widely available to tJoe User regarding the fine PD software that's
available, but that's what User's Groups and BBS's, and Commercial Online
Services are for, not the magazines. The Mags's have a responsibility,
IMHO, to treat their knowledge of PD programs as NEWS, but not the
responsibility to compare PD products with their commercial counterparts.
If such a policy were adopted industry wide, eventually there would be
little incentive to bring any commercial software products out, or to
advertise them in magazines…. WE, the Amiga Community, (PD & COMMERCIAL)
would lose in the long run.
Michael
….from the north coast