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  1. IDG: We'll Read When Pigs Fly by Dr.+Dew · · Score: 5 · on LinuxWorld.com, UnixInsider To Close

    I enjoyed LinuxWorld in particular, and will miss it. But this isn't particularly surprising, given the state of affairs at IDG.

    The InfoWorld weekly just isn't what it used to be; Bob Metcalf's departure left a void (and I never thought I'd think that, let alone say it). They're getting more reader comments in response to smacks at religion than they are at insightful pieces on the industry.

    IDG Books...er, Hungry Minds, is publishing Cliff's Notes and the computer equivalent...books for people who don't wanna know nothin'. Their logo change (to a flying pig, I kid you not) is beyond explanation.

    Sure, Tim O'Reilly is a windbag, but at least his company has carved out a niche and mostly has the respect of its readers.

    What's left of Bill Ziff's company is still churning out the typical combination of advertiser suck-up, bombast, and pertinent information.

    MaximumLinux is gone, but its current incarnation is, in my opinion, better than ever.

    The bottom line is that old-school publishing rules don't work well in the Internet space. I don't want to read advertising online. I worked for one of these publishers for years in the 90's, and I know how often people griped about the number of pages of advertising vs. editorial. Nothing has changed there, except that now the recipients are paying for the ad space in connection time.

    Like the Linux kernel, Linux media sources that get their energy and input from people who are interested will continue to thrive. Those that follow a business plan co-opted from last decade's print media are doomed.

    I guess I came to bury LinuxWorld.com, not to praise it. But I did like it while it lived.

  2. Let's DoS them! by Speed+Racer · · Score: 1 · on More Fun With "For Dummies" Trademarks
    We should all make personal pages with "for Dummies" titles, like My Vacation Pictures for Dummies. Then send an e-mail (courteous, of course) to Isabelle Drewelow at IDrewelow@idgbooks.com letting her know of about the site.

    In a day or two, we can catalog their response to the /. effect as they attempt to quash all our pages!

  3. Or maybe looking for this... by fingal · · Score: 2 · on GPL for Books?

    Here is a copy of the Open Content License for IDG Books who are building The Essential Open Book Project. This is aimed at being a community generated "living guide to the planning, installation, and operation of a Linux system". I haven't been following this project for a while, but it does seem to be moving with rough drafts for several chapters and hierarchical structure mapped out for the majority of the book.

  4. Tell IDG what you think. by mistered · · Score: 1 · on IDG and 'Trademark Dilution' For Dummies

    (Sorry if I posted just the subject before.)


    IDG has a Contact IDG page that you can use to tell them what you think.


    On the www.dummies.com page, they also have an email address custserdum@idgbooks.com that you can send to.