From: linux@fylz.com (Linux Journal) Subject: Linux Journal -- magazine Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 02:07:10 GMT
A few months ago a group of people in the U.S. (some in Seattle but
stretching all the way to the east coast) started talking about an idea
for a magazine. The initial magazine idea is still undergoing some
changes but, in the process, the idea for the Linux Journal was born.
Why does the Linux community need a magazine? The publisher of a
technical magazine I was talking to put it this way: "No successful
movement has ever made it without a journal reporting on its progress."
Well, Linux Journal wants to be that journal for the Linux movement.
There is a questionnaire at the end of this post. We would like to
encourage your input. If this magazine is going to happen it needs to
be what people want. "The Net" is one audience we need to hear from.
The other, harder to find, audience are all the people that don't know
about or have access to the net. If you know people who fit in this
category, please either give them a copy of the questionnaire to
mail or FAX back or send us their address and we will mail them a flyer.
Some details of our plans:
* We will be a monthly publication focusing on the world of Linux
* We will minimize lead time so the information will be current
* We will cover both "free" and commercial software
* We will report on the Linux project as a whole
* We want to help newcomers as well as those with *ix experience
* Our first issue will be out by September 1
The answers we get from this questionnaire will help us complete our
advertising policy and editorial policy.
Thanks for your time -- Phil, Laurie, Mike, ...
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Questionnaire (please return)
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Help Direct Linux Journal
This flier attempts to tell you what we think should be in Linux
Journal. But, what matters is what you want to see in Linux Journal.
Please answer the questions below and return this form to help make
this effort succeed.
1. Rate your interest in the following features:
(1=not interested, 2=possible interest, 3=interested,
4=very interested, 5=that's my subject!)
___ a. Club and organization contacts
___ b. Non-commercial classified ads
___ c. Latest Linux release information
___ d. Letters to the editor
___ e. Software wanted column
___ f. Linux Questions and Answers
___ g. New Linux-related products
___ h. New to the club -- a focus on schools, etc that are
getting into Linux
___ i. Linux Profile -- a look at a Linux developer or user
___ j. Tutorial on a particular aspect of Linux (or Unix)
___ k. Current trends -- what's happening with Linux
(becoming commercial, support by vendors, etc)
___ l. Introduction to Linux -- basic background information on
Linux for first-time or prospective users
2. Are there any other topics you would like to see covered?
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3. We intend to sell commercial advertising but limit it to vendors
whose products and services are in tune with the Statement of Purpose
of Linux Journal. We expect advertising from hardware manufacturers,
publishers of books and other publications and software vendors of
both "free" and commercial products.
Comments: ____________________________________________________________
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4. Would you be interested in:
[ ] subscribing [ ] advertising [ ] writing articles
Name __________________________________________________________
Address _______________________________________________________
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City ____________________________State ____ ZIP ____________
E-mail: _______________________________________________________
Currently running: [ ] Linux, [ ] MS-DOS, [ ] Unix,
[ ] Other ______________
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Please return this form to:
Linux Journal
P.O. Box 85867
Seattle, WA 98145-1867
Or, e-mail something like it to:
linux@fylz.com