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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!agate!news.ucdavis.edu!library.ucla.edu!info.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!felix.junction.net!okjunc.junction.net!michael From: michael@okjunc.junction.net (Michael Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too) Date: 18 Dec 1995 06:12:39 GMT Organization: Okanagan Internet Junction, Vernon B.C., Canada Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4b30on$bc7@felix.junction.net> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4arhgi$f0c@felix.junction.net> <4as2e7$91r@cnn.Princeton.EDU> <4asrpo$85k@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: okjunc.junction.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:36119 alt.os.linux:6480 alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:5146 comp.os.linux.advocacy:30633 comp.os.linux.misc:76091 comp.os.linux.setup:32708 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10659 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1582 In article <4asrpo$85k@agate.berkeley.edu>, Nick Kralevich <nickkral@parker.EECS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: >I've never seen a FreeBSD book. And I seriously doubt that 20,000 people >are using FreeBSD. > >Just for reference, the Linux journal has a distribution size of 29,000. >(source: Linux Journal, issue 20, Dec 1995, pg 65). If you figure >that the number is 5% of the actual number of Linux users, then >that would put Linux users at over half a million. Then again, 5% >seems really high, so I wouldn't doubt it if there were over a million >Linux users. I have subscribed to Linux Journal since issue 2 and judging the magazine has recently taken leaps in content quality and presentation, I am making an educated guess that 20,000 is near the break point for feasability of a glossy four-color magazine. And considering the ads you would want to attract, I don't think anything less than four-color glossy would work for a FreeBSD magazine. -- Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-542-4130 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com