CompuServe Messages

Jim: What Ben is trying to say (as I see it) is that if they gave all BBS's programs good write ups, then there's a much better chance that BBS will advertise in their magazine. By the same token, if BBS was a big advertiser of AmigaWorld's, say having 2 or 3 full pages per month, what are the chances that the articles that were written about their products (ImageMaster, and ClickFAX) would have been negative? I'm not saying that the writers are told what to say, only that if a writer was to put down a product of a large advertiser chances are that article would never make it to print. On the same line, if a magazine has a reviewer who always put down products from the advertisers, while saying that some other product was better (either a PD program, or commerical product of a non-advertiser) what are the chances that person would still have a job? Unfortunately many people seem to be of the opinion that if somebody is writing for a magazine that they must be an expert, and that they know what they're talking about, and I've found that on MANY occasions (and not only in the computer field) that the writers don't have a clue as to what's going on, and are telling outright lies while they believe they are truths. -Mike Schiller In sunny Fort Lauderdale