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New Free Open Source Enterprise Magazine
An anonymous reader writes "A new free Open Source Enterprise magazine was launched today. The publication was built entirely with Open Source tools, including the GIMP, Scribus and Open Office. It is distributed in PDF format, and focuses on Open Source Solutions related to Enterprise Data Networking. The first issue looks at some interesting stuff include MultiLayer Switching in Linux. A torrent is also available."
someone was willing to take it upon themselves to work their asses off in their free time and get the best content from developers, users, etc... and were to try and create a physical add supported magazine would you subscribe?
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This could be a cool magazine, although if their definition of "Enterprise" differs from reality, it will backfire. I hope that they don't write up a bunch of articles on how to scan logs with Perl, or install RedHat's commercial Linux on a Dell server. Please, no "IPTables is just as good as a Checkpoint" or "Squid is better than MS-ISA" kinds of articles. Those decisions are already made, settled, done, bought, and paid for.
Lets see articles on how to integrate disparate systems, how the Linux version of Oracle runs better per dollar, etc.
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It would be need if they could made a podcast stype of distribution for this - or maybe an rss e-book?
A laptop is too awkward for casual reading of PDFs.
I've found that a laptop can work quite well for magazine/ebook style PDFs. Rotate the page 90 degrees and set the page to full screen. On my iBook I use Acrobat when I decide to do this. Rotate it clockwise (cmd-shift-+), hit cmd-L for full screen and flip the thing so the power cord is sticking out of the top. My thumb is resting right near the button to flip the page. If I need to go back a page I just reach up and press the left arrow. If you're going to be doing any extended reading, you may want to set the background color to a light cream color (it's in the accessability options). I realize this is purely a matter of taste, but like I said, I've found it comfortable enough to read through a few PDF ebooks this way...
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It would be very interesting (at least for me) to read about the making of O3. The open source DTP solution is somewhat disputed these days.
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This magazine is far more usable than the FSM one - I didn't have to click past the blog front page, ignore the bazillion ads flashing at me, pick an issue, then scroll down 6 screens to see if I want to read anything.
O3 has a concise current issue content list on the website's home page. The static ads are IN the magazine, not flashing and surrounding it. It took me 3 looks to even see there was a (lime green?!) link to the current issue of FSM on that website, then I had to read a paragraph to get an idea of what's in it. There's just no contest as far as presentation goes.
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I used to read a free, ad-supported magazine for a techie operating system back in the day (OS/2 Professional). They eventually went to a subscriber-paid model. The reason for this was that they published a negative review of a piece of software, one that was advertised in their magazine. They were significantly pressured by the advertiser to not publish the review, or to change their conclusions.
How often do you see eWeek totally trash a product? Sure, they point out downsides, but it seems that everything they write about is described in an overall positive light. Why? They too are an advertiser-paid magazine!
Unless that's the type of magazine you want to publish, it's hard to go advertiser-only...
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"it seems like a bit of a waste to have so many introductory articles"
I see your point, however; there is some real value to this model as I see it... The folks charged with making the final decisions about wether or not to deploy an OSS technology, are more often than not, afraid of non-COTS apps. I happen to be lucky enough to work in a development house that largly utilizes OSS. And even then, while the development staff, engineers, etc... all get the picture and are ready to dive in head first, this is often not the case with managment - and that's where the "n00bie" stuff comes into play.
This magazine is perfect for printing out and passing up the food chain to illicit more support and more funding from the folks who are really deciding the fate of OSS.
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