I usually pay $15.00 for one issue of LinuxFormat, having a local magazine
sounds like a good idea.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Moss" <moss@metpro.com>
To: "Jared Smith" <jared@trios.org>
Cc: <kclug@kclug.org>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: KC Linux Journal idea

> I would certainly pay that for a local Linux magazine.  Great idea!
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> Jon Moss
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> On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 13:58, Jared Smith wrote:
> > There are roughly 250 people on this e-mail list, IIRC.
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> > If it were possible to have a snail mailing list of 1,000 and
> > an areawide distribution of another 4,000, for a total of 5,000,
> > it would be cost-effective to produce a local KC Linux
> > Journal, paid for largely by local advertising. This would be
> > a quality (signal-to-noise wise) publication dedicated to integrating
> > Linux and other Open Source software into homes, small
> > businesses, etc.
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> > I believe this will eventually happen. My question is,
> > is now the time? Are there 1,000 people in the Kansas
> > City area who are interested enough in Linux to subscribe?
> > Free newstand copies would probably go quickly out of
> > curiousity's sake, but it is a solid subscriber base that will
> > be attractive to advertisers. Would you pay $12 a year for
> > a quality local Linux mag? Or should it be free? What do
> > you think?
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> > -Jared
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