Re: [SLUG] Question going out to Robin

From: bpreece1@tampabay.rr.com
Date: Sat Jul 13 2002 - 18:54:28 EDT


Thanks for clearing that up :)

Now if only I.T. Jobs would pick up I would be happy .
Oh well we will see.

Thanks
Bill.p

-----Original Message-----
From: robin <robin@roblimo.com>
To: slug@nks.net <slug@nks.net>
Date: Saturday, July 13, 2002 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Question going out to Robin

>bpreece1@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
>> Hello Robin,
>> Did Futurenet press save the Linux Format Magazine ? I thought they were
out
>> for the count according to
>> some stories I read about a year ago. Or did they some how bring it back
>> out?
>
>LinuxFormat is still going, as far as I know, with a very small, UK-only
>circulation.
>
>As far as other Linux publications' problems, it's not just Linux. We
>are in the midst of the worst advertising market in 30 years in *all*
>media. It's especially bad for tech-oriented media, since the IT
>industry is in a full-blown recession, perhaps because so many companies
>overspent so radically on computer hardware and software between 1997
>and 2000.
>
>"Things are going to get better next quarter," is the thought that keeps
>everyone going -- but we've been hearing it for almost two years now so
>a certain amount of cynicism is allowed.
>
>I personally think Microsoft ads in Linux Magazine are wonderful. We've
>had Microsoft ads on OSDN, too. Linux Mag editor/publisher Adam Goodman
>and I have chortled to each other more than once about being damn near
>the only people in the IT publishing business who get money from
>Microsoft instead of giving it to them. :)
>
>Don't worry, Bill. This is all just temporary. Things are bound to get
>better next quarter....
>
>
>- Robin
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