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gerry@cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) writes:

>I recently resubscribed to PC Magazine, and after having received the
>January 26 issue, I must ask myself why.  The columnists are total
>morons, the hardware reviews are wrong, self-contradictory and biased,
>and the ads are not as good or plentiful as the Computer Shopper.

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Although I do not write for PC Magazine, I do write for SCO Magazine, and I
would like to clue you in on the process of publishing.  First in Janurary my 
editor and I discuss the article he wants for the next issue.  Then I write it
and have it done by Feburary.  Then he and the other editors layout the
magazine and make slides of the copy in March.  In late March it goes to the
printer, and in early April you get it.

Lot's of time lag, and lots of human beings involved, and you wouldn't beleive
how unresponsive some companies are to helping members of the press.  I
recently did an article reviewing ethernet boards, and 1 company took almost a
month to get me the product for the review.

It comes down to buying the magazine that is right for you.  If PC Mag doesn't
give it too you, then you need to switch.  I would also send them mail when
they are incorrect.

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