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From: ian@loral.UUCP (Ian Kaplan)
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Subject: Re: BLTJ special UNIX issue  (help: ordering info if outside US)
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Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 13:57:52 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 27 13:57:52 1984
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> 
> The blurb in the front of the Journal makes it look like they want payment
> in US funds, or a check drawn on a US Bank, and made out to the Technical
> Journal.  Unfortunately, they don't say how much they want for the issue,
> so you may have to exchange a couple of letters.  Since a full year (ten
> issues) costs $35 ($45 foreign), a single issue shouldn't cost too much.
> 
> John P. Linderman  Department of Foreign Affairs  allegra!jpl


  A number of years ago I ordered the original BLTJ issue on UNIX.  As I
  remember the cost was relatively nominal ($5 or something like that).
  Given this past experience I assumed that Mr. Linderman was correct in
  stating that "a single issue shouldn't cost too much.  Well I called 
  the number listed in the previous posting which gave the BLTJ table
  of contents.  To my shocked amazement and surprise I was told that the
  new issue of the BLTJ on UNIX was $27.  I gave the "select number" in an
  attempt to make sure that we were talking about the same thing.  It seems
  that we were.  I asked if that price was not perhaps for a year's
  subscription.  I was told that "no, it is the single issue price".  Well
  at least they take major credit cards.  Deregulation sure is saving the
  consumers a lot of money (I better not proceed in this vein or I will
  have to post this to net.flame).

			     Ian Kaplan
			     Loral Data Flow Group
			     Loral Instrumentation

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