Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 19:47:51 +0000 From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: phil grainger <freebsd@pronet.net.au>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: In (some sort of) defense of Unix-Review Message-ID: <980611194751.ZM9019@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> "Re: In (some sort of) defense of Unix-Review" (Jun 11, 8:21am) References: <2506.897578483@time.cdrom.com>
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Perhaps we need to keep reminding them of the fate of BYTE after they changed their focus. It's a shame, but there are very few good mags left. Frank On Jun 11, 8:21am, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > Subject: Re: In (some sort of) defense of Unix-Review > > Yeah, but that *was* before they became "NT Suckup Magazine." The part > > I dislike the most is that they cut S.K.B.s word count by about half. > > His column was my primary reason for renewing my subscription. I'm down > > to SunExpert (for the "Ask Mr. Protocol" column by M.O'B.) and Embedded > > Systems Programming, which has never been all that good, but at least > > has columns by P.J.P., which is information, and Jack Ganssle, which is > > opinionated (and worth reading). > > Hear hear. "Performance Computing" AKA "NT Review" is now an entirely > worthless publication for the Unix enthusiast and goes straight into > my trashcan when it arrives. And yes, on every single issue they beg > me to "Renew! Renew!" while I'm meanwhile trying to figure out how to > get them to "Stop! Stop!" sending this tree-killing wastage to me at > all. I figured they'd lose patience over 8 months ago, when I last > decided I was never, ever going to resubscribe again, but they just > keep sending the damn things like junk mail. :-) > > - Jordan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message >-- End of excerpt from Jordan K. Hubbard To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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