From Gmarsh4719@aol.com Tue Dec 20 19:46:21 2005
Subject:Re: B3 Player magazine

Alan beat me to it, but I wanted to say WTF? to that post as well.
That is hardly spam, by any measure. For a reality check, the
proprietor has hardly been all over the forums about this
project...one post with the initial announcement in November, and one
announcing the fact that [in responce to criticism on the lists] some
of the content could be sampled free before buying. He did not engage
in any discussion that followed. Alan, himself a print journalist,
also having been one of the first to offer criticism of the price and
busness model, having taken the time to meet with Dr Joho, and sampled
the product, was reporting back his pleasure in the end product. Just
one post (unless you count the two other posts on the very sucessful
yahoo group organ-ized, that Alan founded and runs quite nicely!)

If we're not going to talk about magazines, I could stand to not hear
any more about Keyboard Magazine, either :-)

Since we are discussing it, and disclaimers seem to be required, I
must disclose that I also do not yet subscribe, and think the price to
be a little high, but I'm sure that doesnt even begin to cover the
costs and time put into it. This is a niche in a niche market, and
while Wired Magazine is only $10 a year, you can bet they're getting
money from somewhere...
I do plan to at least try an issue, and am especially excited if OF
becomes a regular contributor.

Greg