jiii@visdc.UUCP (John E Van Deusen III) (09/02/89)
In article <960@utoday.UUCP> greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) writes: >> I'd love to get a concise e-mail msg from a mag such as UNIX >> Today!.... > > Well, now you can. See the last line of my .sig* file, below. > >Ross M. Greenberg >UNIX TODAY! 594 Third Avenue New York New York 10016 >Review Editor Voice:(212)-889-6431 BBS:(212)-889-6438 >uunet!utoday!greenber BIX: greenber MCI: greenber CIS: 72461,3212 Speaking of mail, I am curious why UNIX TODAY doesn't have any "letters" section. There are some people pretty fired up about the recent "UNIX Workstation" article that compared obsolete versions of ISC Unix against the latest Intel (Bell) offering. Are your articles really just adds? Can't your advertisers tolerate ANY feedback? -- John E Van Deusen III, PO Box 9283, Boise, ID 83707, (208) 343-1865 uunet!visdc!jiii
greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) (09/03/89)
In article <630@visdc.UUCP> jiii@visdc.UUCP (John E Van Deusen III) writes: > >Speaking of mail, I am curious why UNIX TODAY doesn't have any "letters" >section. There are some people pretty fired up about the recent "UNIX >Workstation" article that compared obsolete versions of ISC Unix against >the latest Intel (Bell) offering. Are your articles really just adds? >Can't your advertisers tolerate ANY feedback? First off, I think it might be best for me to get a biz group set up for this kind of stuff: it really doesn't belong here. But, anyway.... We have a letters section, but we need to get letters in order to print 'em. The mailbox letters@utoday is aliased directly over to my boss, Mike Azzara (The Buck Stops there: he's the editor. mikea@utoday) -- and he'll print the letters he gets (that fit, both in length and content, naturally: make 'em short and to the point). As for the review of the MPE. Yeah, I think *I* blew it on that one. I posted a pretty long reply addressing all that stuff in comp.unix.i386, coming to a spool directory near you soon. Speaking for 90% of the pubs I know (I freelance for a number of pubs), I can tell you that advertising and editorial *are* separate. What we run in UNIX Today! has had my publisher (the guy responsible for getting the ad dollars in) running down to me a coupla times. However, if he insists on something, I quit. So would everybody else on the editorial side of things. Here's how *I* use the ads (not just in UNIX Today! but in those other UNIX magazines -- can't remember their names right now.. :-) ). I look through the book, through the ads, through the New Products section. From there, I get ideas on what to review. It is sad, but true, that non-advertisers are not noticed as much. Simply because they're not as present as advertisers are. The UNIX comunity is still a bit disjointed, there is no one source of information about new products. Not yet, that is: that's our intent. Getting this kinda stuff out of this newsgroup, 'cause it doesn't belong here, I look forward to receiving mail telling us where we done good, and where we done bad. Ross M. Greenberg UNIX TODAY! 594 Third Avenue New York New York 10016 Review Editor Voice:(212)-889-6431 BBS:(212)-889-6438 uunet!utoday!greenber BIX: greenber MCI: greenber CIS: 72461,3212 To subscribe, send mail to circ@utoday with "Subject: Request"
noel@ubbs-nh.MV.COM (N. Del More) (09/04/89)
In article <967@utoday.UUCP> greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) writes: >First off, I think it might be best for me to get a biz group set up >for this kind of stuff: it really doesn't belong here. > >Getting this kinda stuff out of this newsgroup, 'cause it doesn't belong >here, I look forward to receiving mail telling us where we done good, and >where we done bad. Now why in the heck doesn't it belong here? Sounds to me like this was a discussion about a review published in your rag, and your comments concerning the editorial policy etc. IMHO, this discussion IS appropriate for this and other "regular" newgroups unlike some of your other previous postings. Noel
mark@promark.UUCP (Mark J. DeFilippis) (09/05/89)
In article <967@utoday.UUCP>, greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) writes: > > Here's how *I* use the ads (not just in UNIX Today! but in those other > UNIX magazines -- can't remember their names right now.. :-) ). I look They are UNIX WORLD AND UNIX REVIEW. They all look alike. At the University I usually get one of the three stuffed in my mailbox in the Mathematics and Computer Science Department. I admit I never noticed your articles, but then again I am at least as busy as most of the people on this net. > > Getting this kinda stuff out of this newsgroup, 'cause it doesn't belong > here, I look forward to receiving mail telling us where we done good, and > where we done bad. > Oh, now we are supposed to provide you with marketing data. Hum... like those reader response cards in the back of the mags. The sheer amount of crap from you that I have to cat > /dev/null is really pissing me off. And now multiple newsgroups. Great! Just like using an overpowered CB on channel 18. We are spashing channel 17 and 19! I am sure everyone "tuned in to those channels" is as tickled pink about it as I am. I said I was an opinionated guy. :-). I guess human nature is what it is. -- Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 663-1170 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science markd@adelphi.UUCP or mark@promark.UUCP UUCP: ...philabs!sbcs!bnlux0!adelphi!markd