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murphy@npri6.npri.com replied with the following to posting I made to the
use(full/less)ness of Digital News and Review...

>> SCHENKENBERG@Monmouth-ETDL1.Army.MIL claims that Digital Review and
>> the former Digital News are not worth the price (free, ha ha):
   FYI:  Aka. VAXman@Monmouth-ETDL1.Army.Mil.

>> [Stuff extracted from my first posting]

>> maybe; i refuse to read DR or DN (i didn't even know about the merge) but
>> i have a very high opinion of VAX Professional!

>> maybe; i refuse to read DR or DN (i didn't even know about the merge) but
>> i have a very high opinion of VAX Professional!  hunter goatley, bruce ellis,
>> and many others contribute valuable articles every issue,...
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Yours truly too!...  which is why I did not mention the particular publication.
I didn't want to sound like I was biased or prejudiced toward that publication.

VAX Pro. is a good publication.  And it does cost money... If your employer
won't cough up the subscription price then you should!  Don't sit back and
rely on the content of those fee-free, fact-free, fainiant forums for your
knowledge of technical issues.

I do however, have a few reservation about what has been happening in recent
issues and have discussed several of these with K.D.

The magazine is "VAX Professional, A Journal for VMS Systems".  Yet, lately,
there have been columns focusing on Unix platforms, and other articles which are
approching the obscure in terms of their relationship to VAX and VMS operating
systems.

For example, 'On the C Side.'  Albeit, a good series for C programming issues,
I think the market is overwhelmingly saturated with books and articles on the
subject.  Professional Press, the publisher of VAX Pro., DEC Pro., and several
other magazines has  its own library of books on the subject.  Why not devote
this space to more VAX and VMS related articles.

I like the VAX Professional.  I don't want it to become the K-mart of computer
programming issues;  I'd rather see it remain the 'specialty' store for VMS
pertinent knowledge.

BJS-