ems@uchicago (Ted Shelton) (03/16/91)
I have seen mention of a March/April issue of NeXTWorld... Can anyone confirm its existence? As a subscriber -- I would have thought that I would be among the first to know... Perhaps the NeXTWorld publishers are using the same distribution policy that NeXT employed with '040 upgrades -- newcomers served first. Perhaps this is representative of a new idea for customer service -- instead of "how to win customers for life" its "how to piss off old customers but its ok because we have a monopoly" Lots of :-) Ted Shelton ems@gsbsun.uchicago.edu
langz@asylum.SF.CA.US (Lang Zerner) (03/17/91)
ems@uchicago (Ted Shelton) writes: >I have seen mention of a March/April issue of NeXTWorld... >Can anyone confirm its existence? I saw some copies at a press conference sponsored by Insignia Software, makers of SoftPC (the issue includes a review of the product). --L -- langz@asylum.sf.ca.us "Karma means `getting caught.' The secret to not creating karma is getting even without getting caught." --Rodent Kapoor
cs191057@cs.brown.edu (Heng-Yi Lin) (03/17/91)
In article <ems.669078671@gsbsun> ems@uchicago (Ted Shelton) writes: >I have seen mention of a March/April issue of NeXTWorld... >Can anyone confirm its existence? Yes it exists. I received my copy yesterday. I don't think they are operating LIFO though. I got the first issue free and sent in my subscription payment two months ago. Some topics in the new issue- o comparison of the IIfx, NeXTcube, and SPARCstation 2 o an interview with Alvin and Heidi Toffler o Profile: Adobe on Display o Profile: The Star System at William Morris Agency Enjoy! __Heng-Yi Lin___________________________________ Brown University Class of 1992 CompSci/Economics cs191057@cs.brown.edu st702478@brownvm.brown.edu POB 4901, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) (03/17/91)
/ comp.sys.next / ems@uchicago (Ted Shelton) / Mar 15, 1991 / > I have seen mention of a March/April issue of NeXTWorld... > > Can anyone confirm its existence? Got it in the mail yesterday. It's going back as "RETURN: NOT ORDERED". I have not subscribed, despite what the illiterates at their circulation department think. Jacob -- Jacob Gore Jacob@Gore.Com boulder!gore!jacob
ems@uchicago (Ted Shelton) (03/17/91)
cs191057@cs.brown.edu (Heng-Yi Lin) writes: >Yes it exists. I received my copy yesterday. Thank you for your response --coincidentally I just received my copy in the mail. "Ask and ye shall receive..." I would like to mention that I find NeXTWorld an exciting window into what NeXT advocates are up to -- Bravo to Integrated Media, Inc. for bringing us this journal -- I read it cover to cover. Ted Shelton ems@gsbsun.uchicago.edu
sxrmh1@acad3.alaska.edu (03/21/91)
> / comp.sys.next / ems@uchicago (Ted Shelton) / Mar 15, 1991 / >> I have seen mention of a March/April issue of NeXTWorld... >> >> Can anyone confirm its existence? > > Got it in the mail yesterday. It's going back as "RETURN: NOT ORDERED". I > have not subscribed, despite what the illiterates at their circulation > department think. > > Jacob > -- > Jacob Gore Jacob@Gore.Com boulder!gore!jacob Maybe you could send it to me, I sent in my "free premiere issue" subscription postcard in November, now after numerous phone calls (and receipt of a couple of bills) still nothing..... signed pissed off up north, and not getting any happier about it. (actually RMHayman, University of Alaska - Fairbanks, sxrmh1@acad3.alaska.edu)
anderson@dogie.macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) (03/21/91)
In article <130171@gore.com> jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) writes: >Got it in the mail yesterday. It's going back as "RETURN: NOT ORDERED". I >have not subscribed, despite what the illiterates at their circulation >department think. Um, it seems to me that the card I got with my new 040 cube and the one I got with the 040 upgrade kit for my 030 cube said "free *subscription* to NeXTWorld." Nothing has ever arrived, but I assume when it does I won't be billed for it. -- Jess Anderson <> Madison Academic Computing Center <> University of Wisconsin Internet: anderson@macc.wisc.edu <-best, UUCP:{}!uwvax!macc.wisc.edu!anderson NeXTmail w/attachments: anderson@yak.macc.wisc.edu Bitnet: anderson@wiscmacc Room 3130 <> 1210 West Dayton Street / Madison WI 53706 <> Phone 608/262-5888
jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) (03/21/91)
In article <130171@gore.com> jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) writes: >Got it in the mail yesterday. It's going back as "RETURN: NOT ORDERED". I >have not subscribed, despite what the illiterates at their circulation >department think. / comp.sys.next / anderson@dogie.macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) / Mar 20, 1991 / > Um, it seems to me that the card I got with my new 040 > cube and the one I got with the 040 upgrade kit for my > 030 cube said "free *subscription* to NeXTWorld." That's what I recall too. I'm trying to find another copy of that card, to see if there was some fine print that I missed. > Nothing has ever arrived, but I assume when it does I won't be billed for > it. Expect to get your first bill before you get your first issue. Jacob -- Jacob Gore Jacob@Gore.Com boulder!gore!jacob
louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) (03/21/91)
In article <130172@gore.com> jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) writes: [about a free subscription to NeXTWORLD..] >That's what I recall too. I'm trying to find another copy of that card, to >see if there was some fine print that I missed. In the stuff that came with my slab, the "RSVP" folder thing clearly says: "NeXTWORLD Magazine. Receive a free subscription to NeXTWORLD -- the first magazine published exclusively for the NEXT Generation. Besides in-depth articles about the latest hardware.... " I no longer have the card that used to be attached to it, but if it says something different tha the text, then NeXT is pulling a real slimely move. louie
kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) (03/21/91)
In article <130171@gore.com> jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) writes: >/ comp.sys.next / ems@uchicago (Ted Shelton) / Mar 15, 1991 / >> I have seen mention of a March/April issue of NeXTWorld... >> >> Can anyone confirm its existence? > I got mine Monday. >Got it in the mail yesterday. It's going back as "RETURN: NOT ORDERED". I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you get something in US mail that is addressed to you that you didn't order it is a gift by law. It was sent to you, you didn't order it. Sounds like a gift to me also. The US mail did this because they didn't want companies sending unsolicited material then billing people for the stuff. So think of what you got as a gift abd report any bills to the friendly people at the postal inspectors office. >have not subscribed, despite what the illiterates at their circulation >department think. > >Jacob >-- >Jacob Gore Jacob@Gore.Com boulder!gore!jacob -- /* -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers. */ /* For I can only express my own opinions. */ /* */ /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */
isbell@ucscf.UCSC.EDU (Art Isbell) (03/21/91)
In article <130171@gore.com> jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) writes: >/ comp.sys.next / ems@uchicago (Ted Shelton) / Mar 15, 1991 / >> I have seen mention of a March/April issue of NeXTWorld... >> >> Can anyone confirm its existence? > >Got it in the mail yesterday. It's going back as "RETURN: NOT ORDERED". I >have not subscribed, despite what the illiterates at their circulation >department think. > If you bought a new '040 machine or upgraded to '040, you're automatically a NeXTWorld subcriber for 6 months (3 issues) at no cost, so maybe the circulation department isn't as illiterate as you imagine (I'm assuming that you've upgraded, Jacob, but I could be wrong, of course). -- _____ ____ Art Isbell |\ | | | | \ 315 Moon Meadow Lane NeXT Registered Developer | \ | ___ |____| | | Felton, CA isbell@ucscf.UCSC.EDU | \ | |___| | \ | | 95018-9442 (408)438-4736(B) | \| |___ | \ |___/ (408)335-1154(H)
jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) (03/24/91)
/ comp.sys.next / isbell@ucscf.UCSC.EDU (Art Isbell) / Mar 21, 1991 / > If you bought a new '040 machine or upgraded to '040, you're automatically a > NeXTWorld subcriber for 6 months (3 issues) at no cost, Ah, so that's what "free subscription" means. > so maybe the > circulation department isn't as illiterate as you imagine Before I got the first issue, I got an invoce. Right after I got the first issue, I got the second invoice, and it read "If you received your first issue, this money is due NOW" (quoting from memory). Before the second issue arrived, I got the third invoice. If they are not illiterate, the word "free" means something very different to them than the 15 definitions that the 2.0 Webster reports. > (I'm assuming that > you've upgraded, Jacob, but I could be wrong, of course). Your assumption is correct. Jacob -- Jacob Gore Jacob@Gore.Com boulder!gore!jacob
ahouse@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU (Jeremy Ahouse) (03/26/91)
> >Maybe you could send it to me, I sent in my "free premiere issue" subscription >postcard in November, now after numerous phone calls (and receipt of a couple >of bills) still nothing..... > Well I got a subscription, I ordered one from the number for MacWorld sub's in MacWorld Mag. Same operators I guess. They told me 6 - 8 weeks. So i bought issue 1 at the news-stand and sure enough issue 1 arrived 2 weeks later. Oh well. Then last week I got a call from a consulting firm in CA that asked me to tell them all kinds of things about how I liked it, how much I had read, would I like more technical content (Yes!) longer articles, shorter articles... -- Jeremy