Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20030127214057.030fc100@mail.dslonramp.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:25:49 -0600 From: Bradley Miller <bradmiller@dslonramp.com> Subject: Magazine? Pony up? Why pay?
Just a rhetorical question here I suppose . . . I've seen the "well I'd
pay" people but I have a feeling there would be a lot of people in the "why
isn't it free, or can't I just read it online" category.
Let's put an interesting spin on the question -- if someone had some really
killer software, in Linux, open-source, how many would pay for it? Show
of hands . . . uh . . . keyboards? I think a magazine is a great idea,
but the logistics of marketing, merchandising, shelf space, etc.... are
something that is astronomical. If you really want to help out, send some
money to your local starving open source programmers, help with
contributions to a LUG (your choice, Kansas/Missouri/whatever . . . but I
think the magazine idea has as much hope as "Bill G" embracing Tux with
open arms.
-- Bradley Miller