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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: UNIX Review considered sleazy
Message-ID: <2865@phri.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Aug-87 10:02:12 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 21 10:02:12 1987
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In article <1890@sfsup.UUCP> mdash@sfsup.UUCP (M.D.Scheer) explains how he
filled out a free subscription request for UNIX Review, but then got a
letter saying that he couldn't have one and offering a paid sub instead.

	Rags like UNIX Review (i.e. generic industry throw-aways) exist to
sell advertizing, and ad rates depend on audited qualified circulations.
That means that people who buy ads don't really care how many copies get
sent out, they only care how many copes get sent to people who stand a
reasonable chance of wanting their product.  That's what all those stupid
questions are all about on the sub card (how many employees at your
company, are you responsible for purchasing, do you buy disk drives,
memory, terminals, etc).  My guess is that you answered the questions wrong
and by the rules, you didn't qualify.  I suspect that if you try again,
answering the questions differently, you will probably get your free sub.
-- 
Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy
System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute
455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016