CompuServe Messages

Boy, you're a wordy kind of guy! Now, briefly: Re: Byte by Byte – OK, got it – I'll butt out. Re: CADalyst Editorial Advisory Board. We pretty much advise from the field, evaluate content, presentation, and breadth of coverage of each issue, by questionaire. EAB members may suggest topics or even write articles. There are a few get togethers, primarily at the major CAD shows. Since I never run off to Washington, D.C. for CAD (Siggraph is the most important show for CSA, and I attend Comdex less frequently than before), seems that I don't get to meet with anybody else, except sometimes on a one-to-one. Re: Ad revenues. I doubt the magazines will really be much affected by Autodesk's new policies. Most of the ads are for 3rd party products or somewhat more generalized computer hardware (plotters, etc.) which aren't covered by any Autodesk dealer requirements. Re: Mail order co. The bigger folks are cut off after 12/31/94 – they'll supposedly still get ACAD LT and the retail products, but no R13. Re: Effect on CSA. We've already raised our prices (sorry, folks) to reflect the new margins. Since most of our business has been onesy, twoesy sales (the hard way), I don't see anything changing in the way we sell AutoCAD. This would be different for those dealers who depended on grey-market activities, or mail order. I think the only significant restriction for us is that we couldn't stick an order form in our newsletter, but need customers to come to our offices. Not a problem. I expect, actually, that our sales will increase. Re: Getting into the game. Now, that's just silly! I like to feel that after 14 years in Microcomputers I have attained a realistic, cynical view of computers, dealerships, vendor relationships, etc. But hey, choose your own poison.