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From: mdash@sfsup.UUCP (M.D.Scheer)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: UNIX Review considered sleazy
Message-ID: <1890@sfsup.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Aug-87 14:06:41 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 20 14:06:41 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 22-Aug-87 12:03:08 EDT
Organization: AT&T-IS, Summit N.J. USA
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At the Summer Conference, I responded to a UNIX Review come-on for a
free subscription, and responsed to a questionnaire at their booth.

I just received a letter from the circulation department, saying, in
part, "Thank you for your request to receive a free subscription to
UNIX REVIEW."  As much as we would like to add your name to our free
subscription list, we are unable to do so at this time.  However, we
would like to invite you to enter a paid subscription..."

Thanks for the invitation.  The letter gave no information explaining why
UNIX Review is "unable" to do what they promised.

Now let's face it.  I don't really care whether I get the opportunity to
read another attempt to explain C pointer and array semantics to the MIS
managers of the world.  I'll live without the monthly thrill of UNIX
Review's arrival.  ("I've been thrown out of better places than this.")
But I >DID< take the time to fill out their questionnaire, and they >DID<
imply that I would receive the magazine in return.

Did anybody else have a similar experience?  Is this sleazy enough that it
merits an organizational response from USENIX?