4 Jun
2010
4 Jun
'10
2:30 p.m.
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
Actually this brings up an interesting point. ?At
bookstores around here you
used to be able to buy Linux distro's even though they wouldn't sell any
other software.
I've noticed that pretty much every British Linux magazine I've seen seems
to include at least one Linux distribution on CD/DVD.
It's cheap and cover mounts /significantly/ increase newsstand sales,
even when they also increase the cover price. It's a rare mag that
doesn't sell more with a "free" cover CD even if it cost a few pounds
more.
Sad but true.
BTW, is the UK's chief export periodicals? ?Also
why are they so much more
interesting than ones published in the US?
Slightly freer editorial teams? I used to write for some American
mags, and one had to check with the manufacturers of kit before
running a review to give them chance to explain/excuse away the
defects in the product and so on. Utter madness; totally
counter-productive.
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