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The Perl Journal On The Ropes

Posted by pudge on from the help-me-obi-wan-perl-programmer dept.

rochlin writes "Looks like The Perl Journal might not make it up for air after all. This blurb is on their website. 'Time is running short and we need your help if The Perl Journal is to get another chance at being the real deal. As of a couple of minutes ago, we only have 881 subscriptions and the deadline is fast approaching. Please subscribe now. It only costs 3 cents per day to get the best Perl coverage anywhere.'" They need 3,000 subscribers to move forward.

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  1. 3 cents per day? by Prince_Ali · · Score: 5, Funny

    That is pretty cheap, but I don't need 30 3 cent charges on my credit card every month.

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  2. Perhaps more sponsorship is the answer, such as.. by joshua404 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Change the publication's name to..

    Microsoft .NET Presents The Perl Journal

    no?

  3. Save Perl by rigmort · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please don't turn Slashdot into a begging site. Next thing you know we'll be Saving Karyn here...

  4. Not W3C compliant, I can't subscribe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    They aren't W3C compliant so I can't feel right about giving them money.

  5. Re:perl suxor by OrangeSpyderMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    It will never die, if it is still in your heart.

    Kewl. Embedded Perl. :-)

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  6. It is by qurob · · Score: 2, Funny


    Maybe the advertisers are forced to read it.

    So technically, it IS reader-supported.

  7. Help the Perl Journal Fund! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This sounds so much like that chick on the commercials-- you know the one: "For just twelve cents a day you can help a starving child to stand up, pick the flies off his face and put some damned clothes on."

  8. Re:$12 a year by e2d2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmm, $12 a year, same price as a subscription to Wired. Now I wonder, which will you get more info from that will actually help you in your job? (hint: the journal)

    Yeah, But which one can you KILL a man with because of all the advertisements? (hint:wired)

  9. Re:3 cents a Day! by suffocate · · Score: 1, Funny

    this is slashdot. Perl is MUCH more important than some silly starving kid.

    Duh.