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From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: UNIX Review considered sleazy
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Date: Sat, 22-Aug-87 17:34:09 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 22 17:34:09 1987
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Generally the smiling faces at the magazine booths at the shows
know nothing about the magazines.  They're just being paid to
get names.  We ran into this problem at one meeting when they
got lots of names and neglected to tell anyone that they were charging
for the magazine (just give us your business card).  That was
UNIX/WORLD by the way, which isn't worth paying for.   In the
short amount of time I was reading the magazine, I am convinced
that no one actully reads the articles before they are published.
That and a number of articles are thinly veiled perks for the advertisers.
I'm not impressed.  If they want to give me a copy of the ads,
that's fine, but I'm not going to pay for it.  There isn't even
Lauren's column in it anymore.

-ROn