From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Apr 11 17:25:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA07498 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 17:25:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kalypso.cybercom.net (kalypso.cybercom.net [209.21.136.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA07486 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 17:25:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ksmm@cybercom.net) Received: from atlanta (mfd-dial1-27.cybercom.net [209.21.137.27]) by kalypso.cybercom.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA14961; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 20:24:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: X-Sender: ksmm@cybercom.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 18:25:38 -0400 To: Gary Kline From: The Classiest Man Alive Subject: Re: "Freeware: The Heart & Soul of the Internet" (moved to chat) Cc: Chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199804101747.KAA15159@tao.thought.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Has anyone considered the possible benefits of having an online magazine? This could reduce distribution costs dramatically while allowing us to get a sense of how much interest there is in this sort of service before commiting money to creating an actual magazine in print. K.S. At 01:47 PM 4/10/98 , you wrote: > > We need a starting point. A number of years ago I saw the > first issue of the Linux magazine. Then heard no more > about it. I was pleased that at last the Free Unix world > has a real (paper) rag in circulation; and the following > year when I began running FreeBSD I thought that it would > be nice if this Linux pub could be merged in with the FBSD > world. > > <> > > Well, I've heard the buzzer there. But it still leaves open > the issue of having a pay-for or free FBSD publication. > Quarterly at first; then perhaps bi-monthly. > > I've seen one of the ``Announcement'' circulars from WC//FBSD. > Could this serve as our house organ? Say 4 to 8 pages for the > first few issues. And expanding. > > I was a writer several lifetimes ago, and altho tech writing > is nearly beyond me (it ain't easy, folks), I'd be willing > to invest time in a *BSD magazine. > > There are hundreds or thousands among the BSD users more > skilled than I, so should be no lack of articles. We could > also have an online magazine; either ASCII-only or HTML > distributed by email. > > Publicizing the Berkeley Software Distribution will require > sweat; and imagination. It shouldn't take that much capital. > > gary > >> > > >-- > Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service uNix > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message