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In article <22c1ccc2@ralf> Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU writes a long and sad
tale about Byte magazine.

I didn't see the original posting on this subject, and this may be covering
the same ground, however:

Frankly, I wouldn't recommend subscribing to Byte.  Unless that is, you want
to be hassled with *much* junk mail, and an "endless" stream of requests to
resubscribe, which start [many] months before the end of your subscription -
a real nasty trick in my opinion.

The final straw for me was the final form letter which said:

"What happened?
 Pollution felled your postman?
 Sun-spots jammed our transmission?
 You were drafted by the Foreign Legion?

 There's an ominous feeling here in our offices that something dire has
 happened!

 Perhaps local factory emissions overcame the postman who was to deliver our
 previous renewal notices[!!].  Maybe solar activity made the address
 labels fall off our letters.  Possibly you lost interest in computer
 developments and went off to join the Foreign Legion.  Anyway....."

Now maybe this *is* funny and I'm just a grouch, but it implies that the
reader feels happy about Byte and actually *wants* to renew, if not, it is
just impertinent and unprofessional, and that is how I saw it.


Disclaimer: The above is presumably (c) Byte, and is quoted without
            permission.  The views expressed are my own and in no way
            necessarily reflect those of my employer.
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