KC Linux Journal idea

[Brad Crotchett]

I would certainly pay that.  Sounds like a great idea to me.

Brad 

On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 13:58, Jared Smith wrote:
> There are roughly 250 people on this e-mail list, IIRC.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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?
> 
> -Jared
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