Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!bellcore!faline!sabre!gamma!pyuxp!rruxa!gwl From: gwl@rruxa.UUCP (George W. Leach) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: UNIX Review considered sleazy Message-ID: <295@rruxa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Aug-87 10:33:04 EDT Article-I.D.: rruxa.295 Posted: Tue Aug 25 10:33:04 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Aug-87 00:46:16 EDT References: <1890@sfsup.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research Lines: 31 Summary: Get it free! In article <1890@sfsup.UUCP>, mdash@sfsup.UUCP (M.D.Scheer) writes: > 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. > If you still want a FREE Subscription, then try this: Get an old issue with the FREE Subscription Card in it and send it in. I did and I get my issues free. At the time that I sent the card in they were looking for paid subscriptions. George W. Leach Bell Communications Research New Jersey Institute of Technology 444 Hoes Lane 4A-1129 Computer & Information Sciences Dept. Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 Newark, New Jersey 07102 (201) 699-8639 UUCP: ..!bellcore!indra!reggie ARPA: reggie%njit-eies.MAILNET@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere Dr. Seuss "One fish two fish red fish blue fish"