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| 151678 | 2003-06-10 15:17:00 | PC WORLD should start a magazine called "LINUX WORLD" with everything about linux for the begginners and proffessionals. And have windows error jokes. And have a CD with LINUX stuff on it. Just like PC WORLD only LINUX:x. I'd buy it. Every week if so. Even if it was just a 30 page instead 130 or so. :-) |
hamstar (4) | ||
| 151679 | 2003-06-10 19:50:00 | Hey Linux-World is part of the IDG series of magazines (PCWorld, MacWorld, LinuxWorld)... Although I too would definately get Linux World alongside PCWorld, wouldn't it be better to send an email to IDG enquiring about it? CyberChuck |
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| 151680 | 2003-06-10 20:35:00 | I'd be keen .Chris |
Chris (3346) | ||
| 151681 | 2003-06-10 21:17:00 | It would not surprise me if it is on the cards for the future. Just give it some time for them to realise that they're half filling PC World with articles on Linux and other similar topics. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 151682 | 2003-06-10 22:47:00 | "NZ Linux World" Sounds like a great idea, if it was less than $10 a month I would consider buying it each month. less than $5 I would make sure I get it every month. also include programing, no not visual basic, C, C++, php, and some of the others linux uses. | E.ric (351) | ||
| 151683 | 2003-06-10 23:59:00 | > I'd be keen > > .Chris Ditto that... Especially after Geoff's column.. And CyberChuck and me were talking about writing up a sorta 'conversion guide'... then we say PCW and figured he musta been getting the same vibe or something ;-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 151684 | 2003-06-11 01:29:00 | Count me in. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 151685 | 2003-06-11 01:39:00 | I think that if the market was there, sowould be the magazine . However . . . NZ PC World is aimed mostly at Microsoft users, because that's the majority . What percentage of Microsoft users buy the magazines aimed at them? I don't think there'll be a "NZ Linux World" until there's a much bigger population in NZ to support it . (Say about 100 million? --- I don't think there's one in Australia even) . I see that most of the UK and US magazines are thinner than they have been . . . that's an indication that advertising is down . Publishing runs on money, not enthusiasm . There are a few Linux specialist mags published in the US: Linux Journal is one I see regularly, and a number of online magazines . LJ is both . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 151686 | 2003-06-11 01:46:00 | > I don't think there'll be a "NZ Linux > World" until there's a much bigger population > in NZ to support it. (Say about 100 million? --- Im sure there's a lot less who subscribe to PCW.. Back when they had those 'Look, PCW now has 15,000 Subcribers' ads?! Considering the population of New Zealand is around 4 Million, even if there's 15,000 readers or subscribers, that's about one in every 270 people who subscribe to it... which isnt too bad for a very specificly targeted audience! I wonder if they've put any stats on their website... *Goes off to look* |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 151687 | 2003-06-11 01:55:00 | There's a little magazine called Net Guide, that I've seen, its quite cheap too; about $3.50 or something, I think, and I see there's a similar format mag, specifically for "Macs". So, maybe something along those lines for Linux, even perhaps a little more modest to start with. There's another one too, Computer world? sort of a newspaper format and very cheap, even that could fit the bill, just to generate interest to "kick it off"? I would definitely be interested |
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