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In Reply to: RE: Seems you're not up to answering a simple question. Oh well. nt posted by bjh on May 13, 2008 at 18:02:14
"The only question then is did the Caliburn review appear in a column, or did it appear in the review section. If the former then we would be forced to conclude non-adherence to the SF's published review policy, if the latter then I'd have to say it appears odd that a mention in "column reporting" lead to awarding the product 2006 Analog Product of the Year!
Anyway as to the question of where it appeared in the publication I believe you should be qualified to provide the answer... thanks in advance."
The Caliburn appeared in the review section as far as I recall, and on the cover for that matter.
As to why you would find it odd that a column report would lead to product of the year, why? A regular production product available in the USA reported on in the magazine, demonstrated in public many times, sold as a matter of ordinary business, and exceptionally meritorious - what disqualifies it from being worthy of Analog Product of the Year?
My question to YOU is - how do you intellectually distinguish the Continuum from the Simon Yorke (The Series 7 won 1998 Analog Product of the Year) and the Rockport Technologies (Sirius III won the 2000 Analog Product of the Year)?
In all of these cases direct-sale turntable products were reviewed even though they did not offer a 30 Day MBG, and they received Analog Product of the Year awards.
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