Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!oberon!cit-vax!elroy!mahendo!jplgodo!wlbr!scgvaxd!ashtate!dbase!drc From: drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac magazine review continue Message-ID: <272@dbase.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Nov-87 10:45:55 EST Article-I.D.: dbase.272 Posted: Thu Nov 26 10:45:55 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 1-Dec-87 03:28:17 EST References: <34557@sun.uucp> <430009@hpcea.CE.HP.COM> <4529@well.UUCP> Organization: Ashton Tate Development Center Glendale Cal. Lines: 21 Keywords: magazines, opinion Summary: More opinion In article <4529@well.UUCP>, alcmist@well.UUCP (Frederick Wamsley) writes: > Macworld's latest issue's cover article is about problems with > mail-order firms. It names names and gives readers advice about > who to buy from (and who *not* to). A full-page box lists > Icon Review horror stories. > > The interesting thing is that Icon Review has a two-page color ad > in the same issue. That's right, they actually ran negative news > about an advertiser. This makes me feel good about Macworld. It was even more than that. There was an Icon Review catalog in the same plastic wrap as my issue of MacWorld. My opinion is probably a little biased since I now write for them on occasion, but I wouldn't have started if I didn't think that they were cleaning up their act. I used to rag them about being "MacFluff", as did a lot of other people -- they took notice and changed their direction quite a bit in the last year and a half or so. I would also like to see even more "techie" material and if they get enough requests for it, I'll probably get more. They have to cater to a broad audience and people that program the Mac are a distinct, albeit vocal, minority. Dennis Cohen