Re: Unix Today subscriptions

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From: Kevin Gallagher
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1991 06:56

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In article <4601@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> williams@nssdcs.UUCP (Jim Williams) writes:
>As others have noted, UNIX today is hard to get.  I have been filling
>out their worthless free subscription cards for something like two years
>and still can't get on their list.  I have much less to do with PC's but
>managed to get PC Week!  Maybe I should start lying about how many UNIX
>systems I run...

I have been receiving Unix Today for about a month, now.  Some time after I
sent in my application, they called my place of business to confirm my
employment and my position and rank in the company.  They apparently have very
strict rules about the minimum computer systems purchasing influence that one
must have at one's place of business to qualify for a free subscription.

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From: kgallagh@digi.lonestar.org (Kevin Gallagher)
Newsgroups: comp.std.misc,comp.org.sug,comp.org.ieee,comp.org.decus,misc.headlines,news.misc,comp.misc,comp.std.internat
Subject: Re: Unix Today subscriptions
Message-ID: <1991Mar26.065602.10244@digi.lonestar.org>
Date: 26 Mar 91 06:56:02 GMT
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