Re: Futurepublishing launch Linux mag on-line web site

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Richard wrote:

> > The website for future publishings new Linux mag is now active.
> > See
> > http://www.linuxanswers.co.uk
> > for details.
> >
> > The magazine is due out on 27th October.

Hmm. Mixed feelings about this one. Obviously there's never going to be a
mag released that's aimed at my level of linux use, but this thing
obviously smells of PC plus, and as a long time linux users even I was
confused when they started talking about /home/news . . . /home/news?, I
thought, I didn't know there's a news directory in /home.... ahhh, hang
on, that's just a reference to their website. . .. If that sort of thing
extends into the magazine proper, that's gonna be one hell of a source of
confusion.

I'm not sure about their 'Top 6 Distributions' either. Overall, though,
the magazine looks like it'll have decent content. . . I just hope it
doesn't turn into some raving anti-MS type thing, could scare a lot of
people away. I also hope they don't include a distro on their cover disk -
knowing the knowledge level of a lot of '.. Answers' readers, they may
find they have a lot of angry readers when they realise they've just
trashed windows. . . . perhaps this is just the cynic in me, however ;))

Cheers,

Alex.

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