Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!husc6!necntc!linus!philabs!micomvax!ray From: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc Subject: Re: Byte Magazine flame from FIDOnet Message-ID: <1150@micomvax.UUCP> Date: 28 Jun 88 23:12:53 GMT References: <22c1ccc2@ralf> Reply-To: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. (TDS - Montreal) St. Laurent QC, Canada Lines: 39 In article <22c1ccc2@ralf> Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU writes a long and sad tale about Byte magazine. I didn't see the original posting on this subject, and this may be covering the same ground, however: Frankly, I wouldn't recommend subscribing to Byte. Unless that is, you want to be hassled with *much* junk mail, and an "endless" stream of requests to resubscribe, which start [many] months before the end of your subscription - a real nasty trick in my opinion. The final straw for me was the final form letter which said: "What happened? Pollution felled your postman? Sun-spots jammed our transmission? You were drafted by the Foreign Legion? There's an ominous feeling here in our offices that something dire has happened! Perhaps local factory emissions overcame the postman who was to deliver our previous renewal notices[!!]. Maybe solar activity made the address labels fall off our letters. Possibly you lost interest in computer developments and went off to join the Foreign Legion. Anyway....." Now maybe this *is* funny and I'm just a grouch, but it implies that the reader feels happy about Byte and actually *wants* to renew, if not, it is just impertinent and unprofessional, and that is how I saw it. Disclaimer: The above is presumably (c) Byte, and is quoted without permission. The views expressed are my own and in no way necessarily reflect those of my employer. -- Ray Dunn. | UUCP: ..!{philabs, mnetor}!micomvax!ray Philips Electronics Ltd. | TEL : (514) 744-8200 Ext: 2347 600 Dr Frederik Philips Blvd | FAX : (514) 744-6455 St Laurent. Quebec. H4M 2S9 | TLX : 05-824090