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From: CS656@OUACCVMB.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Online magazines
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Date: 25 May 88 02:12:02 GMT
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>Recently eddings@bgsuvax.UUCP (Ken Eddings) quoted a press release:
>>A monthly magazine for system subscribers, called AppleLink Update(TM),
>>will provide detailed listings of conferences and online events and the
>>latest information about system features.
>Ok, I'll bite:  Why a magazine?
>                   --Tom Lippincott
>                   ..ucbvax!math!lippin

>       "Print is dead."    --Igon
Probably for the same reason other online services send magazines. So they
can use glossy photos to sell overpriced junk.