NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/comp/sys/atari/st/18237

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Subject: Computer Magazines
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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 00:09:33 PST
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Actually, I don't think there IS a good "non-specific" computer
magazine left in the marketplace today..

The concept sounds good, to support users of ALL kinds of computers
with articles, programs and advertising, but the reality of the
existing market forces some unpleasant realities onto the publishers
of these magazines..

I've gotten Dr. Dobb's Journal since the days when it was printed on
newsprint and featured articles about how to adapt "bargain" keyboards
to your homebrew computer system..  in recent years though, it's
become "just another PC magazine".. the high level of technical
information is still there, but with a different focus.  Flipping
through its pages though, you can see, in its advertising, why that is..

The ads are almost 100% for PC programming tools, libraries, editors,
and all the accompanying utilities.  With a "vote of confidence" for
one particular platform, it's not surprising that the editorial content
of the magazine reflects that PC focus.

Even Computer Shopper barely contains anything other than PC advertising,
and they've long since dropped editorial support for much else than
PC computers..

It'd be great if some magazine could buck the forces in the marketplace
and just publish whatever it wanted to, but unfortunately it probably
wouldn't last long..

BobR