williams@nssdcs.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Williams) (03/26/91)
As others have noted, UNIX today is hard to get. I have been filling out their worthless free subscription cards for something like two years and still can't get on their list. I have much less to do with PC's but managed to get PC Week! Maybe I should start lying about how many UNIX systems I run... Jim Spoken: Jim Williams Domain: williams@nssdcs.gsfc.nasa.gov Phone: +1 301 286-1131 UUCP: uunet!mimsy!williams USPS: NASA/GSFC, Code 633, Greenbelt, MD 20771 Motto: There is no 'd' in "kluge"! It rhymes with "huge", not "sludge".
kgallagh@digi.lonestar.org (Kevin Gallagher) (03/26/91)
In article <4601@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> williams@nssdcs.UUCP (Jim Williams) writes: >As others have noted, UNIX today is hard to get. I have been filling >out their worthless free subscription cards for something like two years >and still can't get on their list. I have much less to do with PC's but >managed to get PC Week! Maybe I should start lying about how many UNIX >systems I run... I have been receiving Unix Today for about a month, now. Some time after I sent in my application, they called my place of business to confirm my employment and my position and rank in the company. They apparently have very strict rules about the minimum computer systems purchasing influence that one must have at one's place of business to qualify for a free subscription. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Gallagher kgallagh@digi.lonestar.org OR ...!uunet!digi!kgallagh DSC Communications Corporation Addr: MS 152, 1000 Coit Rd, Plano, TX 75075 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio) (03/27/91)
I have tried for a few years to get a subscription to UNIX Today!. I have gotten it on occasion, only to have it go away. I have been told by them they do not want to send to computer vendors. I have been told that just tell them you do ULTRIX in Digital and you'll get a subscription. I have told them that I would pay. I manage both the Washington ULTRIX Resource Center and Image Resource Center. The only person in my group that gets UT is a guy in the Image group... I have stopped trying. If they want me to see their mag, they can find me :-) Fred
btrue@emdeng.Dayton.NCR.COM (Barry.True) (03/27/91)
I've been receiving UNIX Today for over a year now. While I don't remember having to lie about the number of UNIX systems we have here I do remember that it took only about two months for me to begin receiving the issues. Of course, working for a company that deals heavily in UNIX systems may have influenced their decision. :)
ben@servalan.uucp (Ben Mesander) (03/27/91)
In article <1991Mar26.065602.10244@digi.lonestar.org> kgallagh@digi.lonestar.org (Kevin Gallagher) writes: >In article <4601@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> williams@nssdcs.UUCP (Jim Williams) writes: >>As others have noted, UNIX today is hard to get. I have been filling >>out their worthless free subscription cards for something like two years >>and still can't get on their list. I have much less to do with PC's but >>managed to get PC Week! Maybe I should start lying about how many UNIX >>systems I run... Gee, I only run two systems, and can't remember even filling out any card; but I get the silly rag... But I've just ordered four more systems, with 54 more UNIX boxen purchases in the planning stage. The magazine is *no*big*deal*, although it is nice to get a trade publication that is UNIX-literate (if not NetNews literate. :-) ben@gwdokokl.UUCP
feigin@inf.ethz.ch (Adam W. Feigin) (03/27/91)
I dunno. When I was in the states, I filled out one of their
subscription cards, and they started sending it to me. I have no idea
if they actually checked on my status at the place I was working at
the time....
But, dont worry. Its really a rag. I usually didn't read it anyway,
but it made a good tablecloth for eating my greasy chinese food lunch
on so I didn't have to worry about getting my desk dirty.
As usual, my opinions only.
/AWF
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