Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:05:09 +0200 From: "Peter Salvage" <wizard@sybaweb.co.za> To: "freebsd newbies" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BSD Magazine Message-ID: <033801c01d94$02126860$0200a8c0@ait.co.za> References: <20000913102805.A69843@blackhelicopters.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009131036440.758-100000@vnode.vmunix.com> <20000913105425.B70024@blackhelicopters.org>
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hmmm I remember picking up Issue 2 of a new Linux mag a couple of months ago in the UK, called Linux Format. It was pretty well done, even had a cd with lotsa goodies :-) I think their web site was www.linuxformat.co.uk - maybe you should give them a whirl and see if they're interested? /wiZZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: "Chris Coleman" <chrisc@vmunix.com> Cc: "Ignacio Cristerna" <ignacioc@avantel.net>; "freebsd newbies" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>; <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: 13 September 2000 04:54 Subject: Re: BSD Magazine > On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 10:45:21AM -0400, Chris Coleman wrote: > > We did approach someone last year, but they said the market wasn't ready > > yet. I don't know if it will be now or not. > > I doubt it is, sadly. > > The "real world" (i.e., everything not on the Web) doesn't see much in > print about BSD. This needs to change before we see a BSD mag. > > Remember, publishing houses half dismiss the Web, and half quake in > their boots over it. While DN publishes some very high-quality > pieces, it (from real-world POV) doesn't count nearly as much as the > same number of articles in print would. > > Moral of the story: do things the hard way, submit BSD articles to > print magazines. They're not nearly as nice to work with as the web > ones, but that's what we *need*. > > Also, if anyone does start a print magazine, I want a column. :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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