Re: Midrange Computing is liquidating.

three more months to go at that rate (-24 pages/month).
It reminds me of the shrinking 5-cent Hershey bar that got smaller
and smaller until it simply disappeared.


----- Original Message -----
From: Cyndi Bradberry <CyndiB@ihfa.org>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 9:53 AM
Subject: RE: Midrange Computing is liquidating.


> The August 2001 issue of News/400 just hit my desk and it has only 80
pages.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marshall Akins [mailto:makins@hannasteel.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 7:29 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Midrange Computing is liquidating.
>
>
>
> I had started to notice that the News/400 had been getting a little thin
> also.    I found some old issues from 1993 that had 250 pages, 1999 issues
> with 150 pages, and now the July 2001 with 104.    Magazines like Midrange
> Computing and News/400 used to be one of the few sources of technical
> information.   I am sure that advertising revenue is down but I wonder how
> subscriptions have been doing.    With all of the mailing lists and search
> engines out there it is hard not to find a lot of information on whatever
> it is that you need to know.    Will this same trend continue with user
> groups and seminars?
>
>
>
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