jones@ingr.UUCP (Mark Jones) (09/21/88)
I just got my October issue of DDJ. Just to help support Holubs accusation that the readers matter not one bit, and the advertisers are king, I offer the following, grim, statistics: October 1988 Dr Dobb's Journal 152 total pages (not counting covers) 94 ad pages (not counting covers) 73 of which are full page ads 16.5 code pages 5 of which are full page This comes to more than 61% of the magazine being advertisements, and only 11% code. Oh well, guess its good the subscription is up at the end of next month. Janurary 1986 Dr Dobb's Journal 128 total pages (not counting covers) 56.3 ad pages (not counting covers) 34 of which are full page adds 15.6 code pages 6 of which are full page This comes to only 44% ads, and 12% code. So we lost one percent of the code, got an extra 24 pages, and an extra 5% of crap. Life is not pretty. In my mind, facts speak pretty loudly. Dr Dobbs has gotten my last dollar they will ever get. Down with M&T publishing! Mark Jones PS Sorry, this probably belongs in some stupid magazine group, to which I don't subscribe, and you probably don't either.