Tux moved from free to a subscription magazine :(
Let me start this blog entry off by saying NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! mango parfrait (writer in tux monthly mag) what are you guys doing... i love this mag and read religiously every month.
I got an email about 2 days ago stating that tux will no longer be a free digital pdf monthly magazine but will become a subscribtion service, however they're not mean, so they'll continue to give the current subscribers (yayyy for me) there monthly fix for a few months and probably phase it out over time.
My questions is why?
Why the change, was it an overall loss giving the magazine away free? couldn't they have explored other options to pull some form of revenue, maybe sell adspace in the magazine, using their user subscription base as statistics to show the demographic that the magazine attracts and is circulated to.
What am i gonna read when they phase it out eventually?
I dunno to be honest, i've been thinking about linux journal, as a physical magazine replacement for the digital tux. I know i dont wanna pay for a digital magazine i cant read it on the bus, i cant read it at the barber shop, i cant read it when i'm in the shitter (yes i read on the toire :p). So physical linux magazine for the win.
Do i really wanna pay for a digital copy of a magazine?
simply put the answer is definately no, i just hope linux journal can keep me interested. I need to speak to some people that subscribe to linux mags monthly and see the quality of the articles. before i make ne stupid subscriptions.
I got an email about 2 days ago stating that tux will no longer be a free digital pdf monthly magazine but will become a subscribtion service, however they're not mean, so they'll continue to give the current subscribers (yayyy for me) there monthly fix for a few months and probably phase it out over time.
My questions is why?
Why the change, was it an overall loss giving the magazine away free? couldn't they have explored other options to pull some form of revenue, maybe sell adspace in the magazine, using their user subscription base as statistics to show the demographic that the magazine attracts and is circulated to.
What am i gonna read when they phase it out eventually?
I dunno to be honest, i've been thinking about linux journal, as a physical magazine replacement for the digital tux. I know i dont wanna pay for a digital magazine i cant read it on the bus, i cant read it at the barber shop, i cant read it when i'm in the shitter (yes i read on the toire :p). So physical linux magazine for the win.
Do i really wanna pay for a digital copy of a magazine?
simply put the answer is definately no, i just hope linux journal can keep me interested. I need to speak to some people that subscribe to linux mags monthly and see the quality of the articles. before i make ne stupid subscriptions.
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