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New Open Source Magazine Launches

Posted by timothy on from the linux-is-a-flash-in-the-pan-that-cannot-last dept.

Raven Zachary writes "A new open source magazine has launched. Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ) covers open source issues in the enterprise. The magazine is freely available to all digitally, using a Flash-based in-browser reader, and print subscriptions are free to US subscribers. Some of the article contributors for the first issue include Brian Behlendorf, Marc Fleury, John Koenig and Bernard Golden, among others."

15 comments

  1. Flash? by St.+Vitus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    An Open-Source magazine with a Flash reader...greeeaaat. Three guesses as to what the majority of the letters to the editor will be about...

    1. Re:Flash? by Nasarius · · Score: 1

      Argh. Even for Flash, that's a horrible interface.

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    2. Re:Flash? by grotgrot · · Score: 2, Interesting

      These fuckers also added me to their mailing list. No I didn't sign up for it, nor did I confirm in any way. And SpamAssassin didn't catch it until the bayesian stuff learnt to treat their crap with the respect it deserves.

  2. Launch? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Cut back on the alcohol, and you'll "launch" less...

  3. Flash is taking-over! by NRAdude · · Score: 0

    I said it once and I'll say it again, it's less a website when it hosts a media layer construing actual content. I doubt Google can't grep through flash content and make any OCR of it. The recent feat of all search engines was offering a converted PDF to HTML. Flash is for entertainment, not documents.

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  4. For every innovative content delivery system... by NRAdude · · Score: 0

    ...there is a port of a (Flash) bullshit generator. Too bad there hasn't been a port to LISP, or eMacs for that matter.

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  5. How much insight? by chris_mahan · · Score: 1

    How much insight will I get from reading this outstandingly-titled rag that I can't get from the bogosphere/slashdot/mailinglists?

    Ah yes, the puzzled look on my phb's face as he scans the mag.

    On the other hand, I get to see that look often enough as it is...

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  6. This would be like... by mrighi · · Score: 1

    This would be like marketing Cochlear implants to people who are deaf on audio cassettes!

  7. I don't like that Flash PDF reader and no PDF yet! by rklrkl · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I really don't like that Flash PDF reader and it's quite poor of an "Open Source" mag to use a closed source reader ! As for where the original PDF is, if you trace through the connections using Firefox and Live HTTP Headers, it turns out that the repository should be there (there's a URL in the XML) but it isn't yet! If it does turn up, it'll be at this address for the first issue (at the moment, it just redirects to a not found PDF) - you'd need to adjust the date part of the URL to get to later issues.

  8. freesoftwaremagazine... by rekrutacja · · Score: 1

    ...is avalaible in plain html _and_ .pdf.

    http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/

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  9. First question by artifex2004 · · Score: 3, Funny

    You won't be hiring Maureen O'Gara, right? Hope not.

  10. WTF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Saving the magazine

    Instructions
    When all the pages are downloaded, the standard Internet Explorer's dialog "Add Favorite" appears.

    You have to check the checkbox "Make available for offline" in this dialog. Also, you can change the default name of the magazine and place the bookmark in any folder you want.
    Important
    1. To read the magazine in offline mode you have to switch your browser to the offlinemode (Menu: File -> Work Offline).

    2. If you clear the browser cache, you can not read the saved magazine.

    1. Re:WTF by Phantombantam · · Score: 1

      What is an open source magazine talking about IE for? Also, the magazine is not much of a page turner.

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  11. Another online mag: Tux Magazine by esavard · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can get also Tux Magazine free in electronic format... not in flash but PDF form shipped directly to your email box!

  12. Re:I don't like that Flash PDF reader and no PDF y by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    And from the error page, they're using an MS Windows server too. I think I'll pass on this mag...