Xref: utzoo comp.lang.misc:1854 comp.sys.misc:1666 comp.sys.amiga:22695 comp.sys.mac:20219 comp.sys.atari.st:11332 comp.sys.ibm.pc:19016 rec.mag:123 Checksum: 17673 Path: utzoo!utgpu!woods From: woods@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Greg Woods) Date: Tue, 13-Sep-88 00:56:46 EDT Message-ID: <1988Sep13.005646.7110@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> Organization: G. A. W. Consulting Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.ibm.pc,rec.mag Subject: Re: Tech Magazines, a suggestion Summary: I'm not happy with the vast crossposting of this article, but... References: <624@sas.UUCP> Reply-To: woods@gpu.utcs.Toronto.EDU (Greg Woods) Distribution: na Keywords: fanzine In article <624@sas.UUCP> toebes@sas.UUCP (John Toebes) writes: > In article mccarrol@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark C. Carroll ) writes: > > [ stuff about setting up a user-run magazine ] > >I see no reason why a similar idea could not be applied to a programmers > >magazine. It would be a lot of work for the people involved, but if > >people were actually willing to contribute articles and code, it could > >certainly work. > > There already exists such a magazine (for almost 3 years yet!). There's another one too, and this is it! Usenet is certianly user supported and produced. It's nearly real-time too! I has better content than the magazines everyone has been complaining about too. -- Greg Woods. UUCP: utgpu!woods, utgpu!{ontmoh, ontmoh!ixpierre}!woods VOICE: (416) 242-7572 [h] LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada