From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Oct 1 7: 5:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from slkcpop5.slkc.uswest.net (slkcpop5.slkc.uswest.net [206.81.128.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D1EA37B502 for ; Sun, 1 Oct 2000 07:05:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 40243 invoked by alias); 1 Oct 2000 14:05:50 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org@fixme Received: (qmail 40225 invoked by uid 0); 1 Oct 2000 14:05:49 -0000 Received: from badialup228.slkc.uswest.net (HELO uswest.net) (63.225.236.228) by slkcpop5.slkc.uswest.net with SMTP; 1 Oct 2000 14:05:49 -0000 Message-ID: <39D743C3.4BBDC6F5@uswest.net> Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 08:01:40 -0600 From: Joe Warner X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Magazine? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Regarding the long thread that ensued, a while back, after I posted and questioned the possibility of a BSD magazine in print....below is a response I got from one of the editors of Linux Magazine. Why would advertising be such a big problem, since most applications that are made for Linux, will run on *BSD? What products are made for Linux exclusively and won't run on *BSD? Joe Linux Magazine Editors wrote: > > > I agree with you that a FreeBSD magazine would be a really cool idea, and > that there are a substantial number of readers who would support it. > > The problem is the other side of the equation -- advertisers. > Unfortunately, there are not enough companies that make products for BSD > and that would want to advertise those products to support a publication. > > However, don't despair. We are launching a new publication called "Open > Source Developer's Journal", and there will be articles about BSD in that > magazine. The first issue contains a piece on the FreeBSD process > schedualer. > > Anyway, I appreciate your comments about Linux Mag, and I hope that we are > able to provide you and the rest of the BSD community with intersting and > worthwhile publications, even if we can't launch a magazine dedicated > solely to BSD. > -- FreeBSD = The Power to Serve ..Simply put = FreeBSD Rocks! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message