Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!tekcrl!tekgvs!keithe From: keithe@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Magazine Distribution (was Re: Allen Holub on DDJ & C-Chest) Keywords: DDJ, C-Chest, magazines Message-ID: <3961@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM> Date: 19 Sep 88 20:34:59 GMT References: <22873@amdcad.AMD.COM> <14047@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <75@unet.pacbell.COM> <5550@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) Distribution: na Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 20 An article appeared detailing the problems with distributing the equivalent of a magazine on floppy disk. I have no argument with the points made therein. But you might consider the potential of electronic distribution via television or FM broadcast subcarrier. You have your computer connected to your FM or TV set which decodes the stuff, filters it for you and has it stored, waiting for your perusal the next morning. If you pay extra you can skip over the advertisements; on the cheap you get ads included with the "useful" stuff. This is not a new idea. The guy who started Dr. Dobbs'... presented this - not for the first time - at the SOG in Bend last July (damned if I can recall his name: but it will come to me as soon as I ship this note off, I'm sure :-)). I whould think newspaper publishers would be real nervous about this if they're foresightful (huh?) enough to know about it. keith