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From: borsburn@mcs.kent.edu (Bret Orsburn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: bsd-du-jour in unixreview
Date: 17 Jan 1994 20:22:32 GMT
Organization: Kent State University
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In article <2hejvk$b90@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) writes:
>
> on a related note, is it just me, or is the unixreview
> subscriptions policy a little fucked in the head? you
> have to -qualify- [by filling out a questionnaire] for
> a subscription that costs more than buying on the newstand.
I absolutely agree. I like the mag, but didn't subscribe for several years
because of this policy. I finally subscribed when I had a sufficiently
prestigious position.
One year they decided I was really a mover & shaker, and returned my check!
The following year, they did not send a renewal form, but ONLY a questionaire.
I didn't fill it out because, like most forms of its kind, it really doesn't
capture the structure of a consulting relationship.
(Should I answer the questions relative to my consulting company [thus grossly
understating my influence], or relative to my clients' companies [and
misrepresent my employment status]?)
I did not fill out the questionaire, and my subscription lapsed.
It appears they are far more interested in facile demographics than they are
in circulation.
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Bret Orsburn
borsburn@mcs.kent.edu