Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 17:44:57 -0400 From: "SILVER, MICHAEL A" <MSILVER@scana.com> To: "'freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "'Larry Wells'" <lwells@goalie-usa.com> Subject: RE: BSD Magazine (Advertiser Responses) Message-ID: <DBB3921EFE2AD211A81500A0C9B5FE7605794628@msg04.scana.com>
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As for a Newbie's opinion, I agree. Don't cater to Newbies. While I would like to see some articles directed to us, I would also like advanced topics allowing me to expand my horizon. After all, I don't plan on being a Newbie forever. 8) ...Michael... > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Larry Wells > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 5:33 PM > To: Ambrose, Christian; freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG; > freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: BSD Magazine (Advertiser Responses) > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I, for one, would be a lot less interested in a magazine that catered > exclusively to newbies. That's what books like the Complete FreeBSD > book are for. (Not to mention many websites. FreeBSDDiary, Daemon > News, etc..) I can see a column or article being focused on > newcomers, but having a BSD magazine solely catering to that > demographic would be demeaning to those of us who have been advocates > for years. > > That being said, I would probably buy it anyway. > > Larry > > > - ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ambrose, Christian" <caa85@home.com> > To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>; <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 3:10 PM > Subject: BSD Magazine (Advertiser Responses) > > > > > > >magazine? Do you already have a dummy of your magazine you could > > >show me? > > > > Interestring question, what do we have, what would we want to > > have? I think that we sould try to avoid covering what Daemonnews > > are O'Reilly, whould may end up meaning less newbie oriented. Is > > having a newbie orinted magizine a plus or minus? If we do focus > > on newbies, is it Windows newbies or Linux newbies. > > Also, we would want to distrubute CDs with each issue (al la > > Maximum Linux). And what would we put on the CD(s)? Personily, I > > think that it would be cool to have snapshots of the -CURRENT > > release of FreeBSD and what ever is equivable(sp?) for the others. > > Also, maybe source code on a second disk (if the shapshots do not > > take up all the space.) > > > > Christian > > > > Please excuse any spelling and grammatical mistakes, and also the > > over use of 'we' . > > > > > > > > -- > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > > Version 3.12 > > GU d- s+: a? C++++ BLU++>U++++ P+ L++ E W++ N+ o K- w O? M V?>V > > PS+++ PE Y+>Y++ PGP++ t+>t+++ 5 X+ R+ tv b++>b++++ DI+ D+ G>G++ e- > > h! !r !Z > > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.5.8 > > iQA/AwUBOduiFROu6ZSB8kcSEQKT0ACeLqyVWoSYINuc4jWCHEX75fhp2PAAn1/7 > rCap1Ebs9bUKYsznw8AU8S1V > =2jZF > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > If this email was sent to you by mistake or if you are not an intended recipient, please delete it, destroy any hard copies, including attachments, and notify me by return email. The unauthorized use, distribution or reproduction of this email is prohibited and may be unlawful. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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