Re: Performance Computing (was Unix Review) closing down ...

[mark@vielle.datasys.net (Mark R. Lindsey)]

: At 2000/01/12/13:27 -0800 Duregon, Marino <Marino_Duregon@mentorg.com> wrote:
: > "For a variety of business reasons, Miller Freeman has decided to
: > discontinue the publication of [Performance Computing]. Thus, with
: > this issue we bid you, our faithful reader, farewell, and extend to
: > you our gratitude for the support and additional insight that you
: > have provided to us over these many years."

David said:
: My guess: the Web has made this sort of publication less important
: than it used to be.

I'm not specifically arguing with you, because you're probably right.
But that begs another question:

Where can you go on the web to find that collection and quality of writers
and advertisers? Most of the material on the web is of relatively low
quality compared to printed matter.

I tend to think that the web makes middlemen like magazine publishers
even *more* important. More than ever, we need experienced people
willing to sift through the poorly-written cruft to find interesting
articles for us.(*)

Obviously, I'm disappointed to see them go. Please post any suggestions
on similarly valuable sources. I'd also be interested to learn where the 
regular writers from Unix Review start publishing, because I've learned
a good bit from them.





(*) Ganesan, Ravi: ``The Messyware Advantage: The precipitous rise
of the middleman.'', Communications of the ACM, November, 1999.