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From: wfp@dasys1.UUCP (William Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Allen Holub on DDJ & C-Chest
Keywords: DDJ, C-Chest, final editorial.
Message-ID: <6386@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 11 Sep 88 03:22:39 GMT
References: <22873@amdcad.AMD.COM> <636@muffin.cme-durer.ARPA>
Reply-To: wfp@dasys1.UUCP (William Phillips)
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Organization: This Techie For Hire (tm)
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In article <636@muffin.cme-durer.ARPA> libes@cme-durer.arpa (Don Libes) writes:
>In article <22873@amdcad.AMD.COM> indra@amdcad.AMD.COM (Indra Singhal) writes:
>>I did not think Mr Holub got a fair shake from DDJ so I offered to post
>> his final column for him.
......
>C'mon.  This is not fair to give Holub a platform without giving DDJ a
>chance.
......
>I have no comment on the direction of DDJ.  I have never subscribed to
>it.  I've no connections with anyone at DDJ or Holub.
      ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^
>
>Don Libes          cme-durer.arpa      ...!uunet!cme-durer!libes


Well, now.  Unless I'm very much mistaken (in which case I offer my sincere
apologies and retract this statement), this is the same Don Libes who writes
an excellent regular column called "The C Forum" in _Micro/Systems Journal_ 
(which is one of the few remaining decent small computer tech magazines).  
Mr Libes (whose dad is the Founder and Editor of _MSJ_) is listed in the 
masthead as one of two technical editors .  What I find distressing here
is the fact (not mentioned by Mr Libes) that there is clearly a connection
between him and _DDJ_, specifically that _DDJ_ and _MSJ_ are both publications
of M&T Publishing Inc., and, while their editorial departments are (I think
-- I _hope_) totally separate, a quick perusal of the mastheads of the two
journals reveals that they share Production, Circulation and Administration
departments, though, curiously, not Advertising.

I have absolutely nothing against Mr Libes, who has been an active contributor
to the microcomputing community at least since he was in his early teens, but
I do like to keep facts straight and I feel his disclaimer is disingenuous.

-- 
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