From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 23 00:12:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA00430 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 00:12:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obie.softweyr.ml.org ([199.104.124.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA00419 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 00:12:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.ml.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id BAA05592; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 01:16:24 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 01:16:24 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199707230716.BAA05592@obie.softweyr.ml.org> From: Wes Peters To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Marco Molteni CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what magazines do you read? In-Reply-To: <25092.868838347@time.cdrom.com> References: <25092.868838347@time.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Marco Molteni asked: % I'm used to read Byte, but I'm becoming more and more disappointed % with it. Byte was different from % other magazines because it presumed two things: % 1. readers can at least distinguish a computer from a toaster. % 2. windows isn't the only OS in the universe. Jordan K. Hubbard writes: > Byte went irrevokably downhill when Jerry Pournelle became their > apostle of technology review. When he was writing the quirky little column in the middle of the magazine, he was great. Now he's about all they've got, and it just isn't enough. Sigh. > Sad to say, most magazines now suck for UNIX users. It used to be > that UNIX Review was the last resort for the serious UNIX user, > but that is no longer the case given their new emphasis on NT. > I expect the name change to "NT review" to happen any day now. Yup. Another one bytes the dust (pun intended). UR is still worth the (Free) subscription, but only to get the monthly diatribes of Stan Kelly-Bootle, and the occasional bit of UNIX knowlege. It seems that most of the rag is filled with yet another mindless review of some $100,000+ server system for IS types and articles on how to make UNIX and NT cohabitate (which is against the LAW here in UTAH. ;^) > I guess there's still Dr. Dobb's Journal, though even that is much > less than it used to be. Erm... Communications of the ACM maybe? > Scientific American? :-) SunExpert, at least so you can read "Ask Mr. Protocol!" (Hi Mike!) Most of the rest of them aren't worth the kerosene it would take to burn them. I still find the articles in SunWorld Online useful, especially the series on "career management", see http://www.sun.com/sunworldonline/ It's about the best technical webzine I've found. For instance, I just learned that Sun is popping a new line of PCI-bus SPARCstations later this year. Sounds like I better get the powers that be at Dayna rolling about ethernet drivers, huh? ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com