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From: "Brian Robbins" <brian-l@(protected)>
> However, since I wrote the review of 8.5 for GD, I couldn't let the above
> comment go . . .
Yep i remember that one, it was very good and unbiased I thought, especially
since you say that for developers already with d8, and not wanting 3D there
was little to demand upgrading for.
> Finally, NC I did notice the smileys, and I'm sure you were just joking
> around, but since to a certain extent it is my own reputation, I still
> needed to respond.
Of course I was joking!
The point wasn't so much to advertise Director to 'buy good reviews' (as it
doesn't need to ) more that MM should put some effort in and actually do
some advertising.
I'm puzzled over why you thought you had to comment though?
If you are affiliated with them, then I understand, but otherwise the fact
you wrote a reiview several years ago, doesn't seem to be that relevant to
jump in, epseically as it was clear I was joking.
Mind you I do believe that some dodgy deals do go on with some magazines,
not necessarily with advertising, but things like exclusive's (game mags
seem to be rather guilty of this). But I have to say i've never considered
GD to fall into this category
> I don't know where they found Justin Lloyd to write the review, but I
would
> be EXTREMELY surprised if they chose him simply because he would not look
at
> it favorably, or that they choose anyone else because of how they would
rate
> a product.
Well I'm not sure thats really the point. Having not read the article, only
going on Darrel's original post, it appears they chose someone with no
knowledge of Director at. That I think is very questionable. You could argue
that its representative review for someone new coming to Director for the
first time, but then you'd have to do that we every product. Could you
imagine someone writing a review about Java, Havok SDK, 3DS Max with no
prior knowledge? It would be pretty useless as they'd just be too confused.
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