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From: john@uw-nsr.UUCP (John Sambrook)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: The High Cost Of Software Practice & Experience
Message-ID: <1449@uw-nsr.UUCP>
Date: 28 Dec 88 05:24:23 GMT
References: <43150@linus.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@uw-nsr.UUCP (John Sambrook 548-4386)
Organization: UW-Bioengineering, Seattle, WA
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In article <43150@linus.UUCP> munck@faron.UUCP (Robert Munck) writes:
>
>I just received an advertising flyer from John Wiley & Sons for
>the journal "Software Practice & Experience."  Anyone who has had
>any contact with it knows about the quality of this journal;
>the articles are timely, well written/refereed, and extremely
>interesting, the Editors and Editorial Board are top-notch 
>people, and the breadth of coverage is great.  Somehow just the
>sight of that distinctive red cover says "this is good."
>
>Until, that is, you come to the subscription price.  This flyer
>offers a mark-down from $315/year to $236.25/year for "personal
>subscriptions mailed to a home address."  (Twelve issues.)
>

I also received a copy of this flyer, and was ready to subscribe
until I saw the price.  In my opinion the price is much too high.
If I remember correctly my dues in IEEE and a couple of IEEE societies
was less than $ 150.00 per year.

I may make a fat salary, but not that fat :-)

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John Sambrook                        Internet: john@nsr.bioeng.washington.edu
University of Washington RC-05           UUCP: uw-nsr!john
Seattle, Washington  98195               Dial: (206) 548-4386