Re: II Alive

[erik@hypermall.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

In article <199505172351.AA064424684@relay1.geis.com>,
ii.alive@genie.geis.com wrote:

> GS+ MAGAZINE CANNOT SPEAK FOR II ALIVE!
> Some of you have drawn my attention to the fact that the GS+ Magazine FAQ
> makes this claim:  "Note that according to Quality Computers, no new
> subscriptions or renewals are being accepted for II Alive."
> This statement is not accurate.  It should read "Note that according to
> the ORDER DEPARTMENT at Quality Computers...."  Steven Disbrow, publisher
> and editor of GS+ Magazine, has spoken to the ORDER DEPARTMENT, not the
> publisher of II Alive.  The order department has been known to get this a
> bit wrong.  This happened on GEnie recently, and Bill Carver of Quality
> Computers had to set them right.
> It IS true that some subscribers have been told, again, by the order
> department, that new subscriptions and renewals are not being taken.  The
> exact number of subscribers who have been told this, large or small, is
> immaterial, if the order department has got it wrong.  I stress that all
> GS+ Magazine has to base their claim on are the reports of some
> subscribers and his personal experience with the order department.

I've commented on this elsewhere, but I'll say it again.  You seem to be
blaming  GS+/Mr Dizbrow for diseminating innacurate information, provided
by your company.  It's immaterial who at the company passed it in the
first place.

> (I've attempted to handle this in E-mail, but haven't been able to make
> the publisher of GS+ see the distinction between the publisher of II Alive
> and the Quality Computers order department.  Maybe I should try explaining
> it to operations director Bob Ribaric instead? :-)

because there is no difference - if the orders department is tasked with
accepting subscriptions, they - by default - are a part of II Alive.  Own
up to it, admit the error on YOUR part.. and let it lie

[snip]

> Steven Disbrow is in the unenviable position of being both publisher and
> editor of GS+ Magazine.  I think perhaps that, wearing his publisher's
> hat, he has allowed his eagerness to promote his magazine to jump the gun
> on verifying a story (wearing his editor's hat)... or perhaps merely fail
> to make an important distinction.

Interesting.. since I don't publish OR edit ANY magazine, and I see it
exactly as he does.  A distinction which makes no distinction IS no
distinction.

> I understand why and how GS+ Magazine came to their conclusions.  I feel
> that they are premature.  If I, as editor, of II Alive do not KNOW what is
> going on with II Alive, then GS+ Magazine cannot possibly now.

I still maintian that GS+ was fair in their report, and that their source
was valid.  Since nobody at Quality/II Alive knows what is going on, it's
YOUR fault.

Erik Kloeppel

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Erik@hypermall.com - as a matter of fact, I DO speak for the company!
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